Bekkevoort covers 37.3 km² and has 6,306 inhabitants. The average age is close to 43, and 86% of residents own their homes. Average net income is €20,129 per year, while households have an average of 1.4 cars. The population is 51% men and 49% women. Nationalities are 96.6% Belgian, 0.8% Romanian, 0.7% Polish, 0.6% Dutch, 0.2% Afghan, 0.1% German, 0.1% Iraqi and 0.9% other. These figures sit alongside a housing stock where 92.8% of buildings are houses and 7.2% are apartment buildings. Homes have an average of 6.3 rooms, and buildings date on average from around 1961.
The building mix is chiefly open-type houses, farms and castles at 72.8%. Semi-detached houses account for 15.5%; buildings and apartment blocks, 7%; commercial houses, 2%; closed-type houses, 1.4%; and other buildings, 1.2%. There are 6 houses for sale in Bekkevoort. The current average asking price is €595,500, with listings ranging from €419,000 to €849,000. The local housing stock also includes 1 house for rent, currently listed at €1,275 per month. Mixed farming is the most represented business activity, with 38 companies; other common fields include hairdressing and beauty treatment (37), landscape services (29), residential and non-residential construction (25), management consultancy (25), and pome and stone fruit growing (21).
The N2 and N29 pass through the commune. By car, the A2/E314 entrance, on the Leuven–Diest–Genk–Maasmechelen route, is 3 minutes from the centre; an entrance to the A3/E25–E40–E42, serving Brussels, Leuven, Liège and Eupen, is 24 minutes away. There are 11 bus lines with stops in Bekkevoort. De Lijn routes include 370 between Leuven, Tielt and Diest; 373 between Leuven, Lubbeek, Meensel and Assent; 375 between Tielt, Assent and Diest; and 390 between Aarschot, Tielt, Kapellen and Tienen. Bus 701 is Belbus Bilzen noord. The nearest stations to the centre are Diest, Zichem, Testelt, Langdorp and Aarschot. No metro or tram service is listed.
Families have 2 nurseries, including Kinderdagverblijf De Speelberg and Tante Trollies Kinderdagverblijf, along with 3 nursery schools and 3 primary schools. Examples include Vrije Basisschool - 'T Minnepoortje, Vrije Basisschool 'T Scholeke and Gemeentelijke Basisschool De Verre Kijker; there is no secondary school in the commune. Bekkevoort has 1 Delhaize. No shared bicycles, shared cars or known EV charging stations are listed for the commune. Brussels Airport is 30 minutes away by car or 113 minutes by public transport.