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Wilson Mills township, Johnston County, NC

7,851 Population
20.1 square miles 389.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±5.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Johnston County: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,301 ±$3,634 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Johnston County: $36,673 ±$1,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$78,243 ±$7,885 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Johnston County: $79,838 ±$2,522
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18% ±7.8% (1,283  ±578) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Johnston County: 11.2% † 25,065 (±1.3% / ±2,847)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.9 minutes ±4.1 (83,555  ±21,346) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Johnston County: 32.5 3,096,390 (±0.9 / ±100,436)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,487 ±420 Number of households
  • Johnston County: 82,293 ±726
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.9 ±0.6 (7,137  ±914) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Johnston County: 2.7 224,738 (±0 / ±64)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

1.5% ±1.5% (26  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Johnston County: 6.5% † 3,517 (±1.3% / ±691)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,714 ±454 Number of housing units
  • Johnston County: 88,314 ±69
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$289,800 ±$21,000 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Johnston County: $267,600 ±$6,511
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

14.7% ±6% (1,149  ±491) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Johnston County: 9.8% † 21,831 (±1.1% / ±2,375.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

89.2% ±16.2% (4,267  ±535.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Johnston County: 89.5% 135,548 (±2.2% / ±3,286.7)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
20.6% ±4.7% (986  ±260.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Johnston County: 27.6% 41,857 (±1.2% / ±1,849.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.6% ±2.7% (438  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Johnston County: 8.5% 19,235
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

11.2% ±3.3% (646  ±210) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Johnston County: 8.2% 13,968 (±0.6% / ±1,067)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
646 Total veterans ±210 594 Male ±183 52 Female ±53

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