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Beaufort County, North Carolina: crime rate, income and local data
The median household earns $58,357 and the unemployment rate was 3.5% in August 2026. About 44,499 people live in the county.
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Unemployment: BLS August 2026. Road work: October 11, 2026.
Also on the map: income · hazard risk · Superfund · dams
What is the crime rate in Beaufort County?
We don't show a crime rate for Beaufort County: only 26% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Beaufort County?
The median household in Beaufort County earns $58,357 a year, 19% lower than the North Carolina median ($72,388). Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $192,700, and the median rent is $871 a month. 16.7% of households received SNAP benefits in the past year (state: 12.8%). The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.5% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 665 people out of work and looking.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Beaufort County | North Carolina | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 44,499 | 10,730,404 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $58,357 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $192,700 | $288,900 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $871 | $1,228 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 3.9% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 17.8% | 13.0% | 12.5% |
| Households receiving SNAP (food stamps) | 16.7% | 12.8% | 12.1% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 21.2% | 35.7% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 69.5% | 66.6% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 47.7 | 39.1 | 38.9 |
| Households with broadband internet | 87.5% | 90.1% | 91.0% |
| People without health insurance | 9.0% | 9.9% | 8.4% |
What natural hazards and environmental sites are in Beaufort County?
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Beaufort County has an overall natural-hazard risk rating of “Relatively Moderate”. Of the seven hazards on our map, FEMA rates these highest: hurricanes (Relatively High). The index compares counties with each other and also weighs how vulnerable and resilient a community is, so it is a long-run estimate, not a forecast.
Superfund sites
1 Superfund site is on or proposed for EPA's National Priorities List in Beaufort County: Fcx, Inc. (Washington Plant). A listing means EPA is managing a long-term cleanup; it does not by itself mean anyone is exposed today.
High-hazard dams
Beaufort County has 3 dams classed as high hazard in the National Inventory of Dams. None is rated Poor or Unsatisfactory; 3 are rated Satisfactory or Fair. Tallest on the list: Pcs Phosphate R-7 Blend Dike (35 ft). “High hazard” describes what lies downstream (people would probably die if the dam failed), not how likely the dam is to fail.
Industrial chemical releases
4 facilities in the county filed Toxics Release Inventory reports for 2024, together reporting 4,072,152 pounds of listed chemicals released on site. Reported releases are legal permitted amounts in most cases.
Disasters, air and water
Beaufort County was covered by 5 federal major disaster declarations from 2016 through 2025 (Hurricane 4, Severe Storm 1), not counting COVID-19. Of 7 community water systems, none had an open health-based drinking-water violation in EPA's records (September 2026). EPA puts the county in radon zone 3 (low). NHTSA counted 11 traffic deaths in the county in 2024, including 2 pedestrians.
Is there road construction in Beaufort County?
Beaufort County had 5 highway work zones in the October 11, 2026 feed from the state DOT (1 active that day). Listed roads include NC 306, US 17 and US 264. The map's construction layer is refreshed every morning.
See today's work zones on the map →
How many schools, nursing homes and parks are in Beaufort County?
Federal school lists show 14 public and 3 private schools in the county. 2 nursing homes are certified by Medicare or Medicaid here; star ratings for each are on the map and on Medicare's Care Compare. USGS mapping shows 17 fire or EMS stations and 4 police or sheriff stations. 1 state park or recreation area: Goose Creek State Park.
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Beaufort County
Gun shops
5 gun shops with a public storefront are on the map in Beaufort County, plus 12 more licensed dealers without a public storefront (not shown). 2 of them are pawnshops licensed to sell guns. On the ATF list: Hunters Pointe Sporting Clays (Washington), J&W Pawn (Washington), Village Pawn 3 (Washington), Walmart #1354 (Washington) and Warren's Sport Headquarters INC (Washington).
Liquor stores
5 liquor stores are on the map in Beaufort County: ABC (Belhaven), Abc store (Aurora), ABC Store (Washington), Beaufort County ABC Board (Chocowinity) and Beaufort County ABC Store (Bath). North Carolina has no complete public liquor licence list we can use, so this count also draws on OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps and may miss some stores or include closed ones.
Planned Parenthood
There is no Planned Parenthood health center in Beaufort County on the map.
See them on the map: gun shops · liquor stores →
Sources: ATF licensee list (Sept 2026); state liquor licence lists, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (non-official; partial in some states); HHS Title X directory and CMS NPPES.
Common questions
What is the crime rate in Beaufort County?
We don't show a crime rate for Beaufort County: only 26% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Beaufort County?
$58,357 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024 average), compared with $72,388 for North Carolina and $80,734 nationally.
What is the unemployment rate in Beaufort County?
The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 3.5% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 665 people out of work and looking.
What natural hazards affect Beaufort County?
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Beaufort County has an overall natural-hazard risk rating of “Relatively Moderate”. Of the seven hazards on our map, FEMA rates these highest: hurricanes (Relatively High).
Are there Superfund sites in Beaufort County?
1 Superfund site is on or proposed for EPA's National Priorities List in Beaufort County: Fcx, Inc. (Washington Plant).
Is there road construction in Beaufort County right now?
Beaufort County had 5 highway work zones in the October 11, 2026 feed from the state DOT (1 active that day). Listed roads include NC 306, US 17 and US 264.
How many nursing homes are in Beaufort County?
2 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes (CMS provider data, September 2026).
How does Beaufort County compare with neighboring counties?
| County | Population | Violent crimes per 1,000 (2021-25) | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craven County | 102,612 | 2.7 | $65,873 |
| Hyde County | 4,592 | – | $53,713 |
| Martin County | 21,644 | 5.3 | $48,578 |
| Pamlico County | 12,390 | 2.4 | $59,717 |
| Pitt County | 177,193 | 4.0 | $58,188 |
| Washington County | 10,812 | 4.8 | $41,813 |
More: North Carolina statewide numbers · Sex-offender registry search (U.S. Justice Department, NSOPW)
Where do these numbers come from?
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting 2021-2025 (agency level, Return A), averaged and summed by county by Map the Block; Census population; state and national rates: FBI estimated crimes 2021-2025.
- Income, housing, education: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013 (median household income) and related tables.
- Monthly unemployment: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), county data, not seasonally adjusted. Public domain.
- Hazards: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores; disasters: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
- Superfund: U.S. EPA, Superfund site boundaries and NPL status (October 2026). Dams: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Inventory of Dams (public map service, October 2026). Chemical releases: U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory, reporting year 2024 (basic data file).
- Air and water: U.S. EPA AirData, annual AQI by county 2024; EPA Air Quality Design Values 2023-2025 (June 2026); U.S. EPA SDWIS via ECHO drinking-water download (September 30, 2026). Traffic deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024; Census population.
- Work zones: State departments of transportation, via the U.S. DOT Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) and state 511 feeds; refreshed every morning (snapshot October 11, 2026).
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE public school locations 2024-25; budgets: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE Private School geocodes (Private School Survey 2023-24). Nursing homes: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Provider Information and Penalties (September 2026). Stations: U.S. Geological Survey, National Structures Dataset (Fire Stations/EMS Stations), October 2026 pull.
- Parks: USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US 4.1); state park agencies' open data (CA, NY, PA, TN, TX, FL, NJ, KY, HI, UT, MT and others); OpenStreetMap contributors for some hours, phones, fees and camping; U.S. National Park Service: unit boundaries (Land Resources Division), Acreage Report (Sept 30, 2026), park pages on nps.gov (hours, fees), Visitor Use Statistics (2025).
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