Arrowhead BeachNC
A town of 1,242.
Is Arrowhead Beach a good place to live?
Arrowhead Beach’s weakest subject grade is a D for incomes. 40% of residents live below the poverty line in Arrowhead Beach, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On incomes, just 38 of North Carolina’s 448 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 80% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Arrowhead Beach has 1 place on the National Register. Arrowhead Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,242 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Arrowhead Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Arrowhead Beach is from typical.
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Moving to Arrowhead Beach: who provides what
Arrowhead Beach is unincorporated, so Chowan County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Arrowhead Beach.
Arrowhead Beach is less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
Arrowhead Beach beats the North Carolina average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 49% of adults have high blood pressure in Arrowhead Beach, above both the North Carolina town median (38%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 18% of Arrowhead Beach adults have diabetes.
| Arrowhead Beach | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Arrowhead Beach | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.5% | 14.7% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 83.5% | 76.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 12.6% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Arrowhead Beach
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Arrowhead Beach than in most of North Carolina or the rest of the country
0.4% of working residents work locally in Arrowhead Beach. The top destinations are Edenton (18%), Elizabeth City (8%) and Chesapeake (4%). Arrowhead Beach’s average trip to work is 28 minutes.
| Arrowhead Beach | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Arrowhead Beach has mild winters and hot summers
Arrowhead Beach has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 33° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Arrowhead Beach has set aside 0.1% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Arrowhead Beach Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Arrowhead Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Arrowhead Beach; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Arrowhead Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
100% of working residents leave Arrowhead Beach for work
Where Arrowhead Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Arrowhead Beach
Census-designated place in North Carolina, United States
Arrowhead Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Chowan County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 640. The community is in northern Chowan County, on the east bank of the tidal Chowan River. It is bordered to the south by Chowan Beach. Edenton, the county seat, is 14 miles (23 km) to the south-southeast.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
Questions about Arrowhead Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Arrowhead Beach, NC expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.