About Beech Mountain

Beech Mountain is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 351 people and just one neighborhood, Beech Mountain is the 430th largest community in North Carolina.

Beech Mountain is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.23% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Beech Mountain is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beech Mountain who work in sales jobs (19.16%), office and administrative support jobs (14.37%), and management occupations (12.57%).

Of important note, Beech Mountain is also a town of artists. Beech Mountain has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Beech Mountain's character.

A relatively large number of people in Beech Mountain telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Beech Mountain is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.

Seniors make up 28.49% of Beech Mountain's population, making it a popular place to retire. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, Beech Mountain is good place for those over 65 to settle, as they will find many opportunities for socializing, as well as having access to many services oriented toward seniors.

Beech Mountain is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Beech Mountain isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Beech Mountain does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Beech Mountain Information and Demographics

The education level of Beech Mountain citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 35.64% of adults in Beech Mountain have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Beech Mountain in 2000 was $26,799, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,196 for a family of four.

The people who call Beech Mountain home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Beech Mountain is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Beech Mountain include English, German, Italian, Scotch-Irish, Irish, Swedish, Scottish, Welsh, and French.

The most common language spoken in Beech Mountain is English.