Census-designated place · Chowan County, North Carolina

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina

Arrowhead Beach is a census-designated place in Chowan County, North Carolina. It has 1,242 residents. Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 28 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,204 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Carolina it ranks #295 of 458 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), job growth (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on child poverty rate (high), primary care shortage (high) and dental care shortage (high).

28Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,204 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Carolina: #295 of 458 in NC
Population: 1,242 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,029.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3701972

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety63#5,769/15,637
Economy31#10,828/15,631
Housing—
Health13#13,610/15,609
Healthcare25#11,722/15,650
Environment70#4,588/15,453
Education47#8,350/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,844/15,650
Community46#8,438/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,390/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chowan County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.231
100/100North Carolina 0.477United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Job growth · high3.4%
95/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataChowan County value
Pharmacies · high2.8 /10k
95/100North Carolina 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChowan County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100North Carolina 6.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataChowan County value
Social associations · high14.4 /10k
89/100North Carolina 11.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChowan County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.1 µg/m³
88/100North Carolina 7.5 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyChowan County value

Weaknesses

Child poverty rate · high65.6%
1/100North Carolina 16.6%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Primary care shortage · high21.0
1/100North Carolina 9.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationChowan County value
Dental care shortage · high19.0
3/100North Carolina 11.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationChowan County value
Poverty rate · high39.9%
4/100North Carolina 12.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100North Carolina 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChowan County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100North Carolina 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChowan County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
799 (2016-2020) → 1,242 (2020-2024)
+55%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 65.6% (2020-2024)
+66 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
1.4% (2016-2020) → 39.9% (2020-2024)
+39 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
61.3% (2016-2020) → 79.5% (2020-2024)
+18 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
36.4% (2016-2020) → 20.0% (2020-2024)
−16 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
100.0% (2016-2020) → 91.1% (2020-2024)
−8.9 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina over five years.

Cities and towns like Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,242 residents (±416)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,242 residents (±416)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White77%†954
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino21%†261
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.2%†27

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

756 residents (±292)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma21%†155
High school or GED46%†350
Some college18%†136
Associate degree3.6%†27
Bachelor's degree9.3%†70
Graduate degree2.4%†18

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

350 households (±101)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k5.4%†19
$25k–50k39%†138
$50k–75k19%†66
$75k–100k30%†104
$100k–150k6.6%†23
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

350 households (±101)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own95%332
Rent5.1%†18

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

4 households (±17)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,500100%†4

Home values

332 homes (±97)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k42%†138
$150k–250k27%†91
$250k–400k18%†61

Age of homes

419 homes (±119)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–200913%†56
1980–199967%†282

Size of homes

419 homes (±119)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms20%†82

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

253 workers (±116)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone72%†181
Carpool4.0%†10
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home25%†62
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

191 workers (±96)

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min4.7%†9
15–29 min71%†136
30–44 min12%†23

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Chowan County, the county holding most of Arrowhead Beach's residents.

Chowan County has 372 employer establishments, 268 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 1.13× North Carolina's), with 4,343 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,850. The Census Bureau also counts 1,025 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 372; 1,025 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 268; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 4,343
Average annual pay: $47,850; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Chowan County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	43	31	1.49×More than typical	209	$90,167	58
Offices of physicians	27	19.4	3.00×More than typical	122	$117,885	10
Restaurants and other eating places	25	18	0.98×About typical	472	$18,064	—
Specialty trade contractors	24	17.3	1.12×About typical	109	$51,028	69
Religious organizations	20	14.4	2.60×More than typical	113	$19,664	—
Lessors of real estate	12	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	21	$53,667	97
Limited-service restaurants	12	8.6	1.08×About typical	290	$15,331	—
Truck transportation	12	8.6	1.71×More than typical	59	$52,814	30
Construction of buildings	10	7.2	0.95×About typical	62	$47,919	33
Full-service restaurants	10	7.2	0.94×About typical	134	$19,724	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	9	6.5	3.71×Too few to compare	61	$49,836	3
Building equipment contractors	9	6.5	1.08×Too few to compare	38	$41,500	13

Rank places for an industry Open Chowan County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,888 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Arrowhead Beach is mostly in Chowan County.

See federal money in Chowan County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Arrowhead Beach, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Donald G. DavisD-NC-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Chowan County35100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Chowan County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

JSON · /api/v1/places/3701972