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Somers township, Wilkes County, NC

1,741 Population
30.3 square miles 57.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,825 ±$6,176 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$75,114 ±$16,919 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.9% ±9.4% (242  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

33.8 minutes ±28.4 (18,630  ±10,526) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

563 ±160 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
3.1 ±0.7 (1,741  ±619) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

2.2% ±3.5% (10  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

676 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$268,400 ±$92,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

74.9% ±31.7% (790  ±228.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 81.9% 39,047 (±3.2% / ±1,554.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.7% ±11.5% (239  ±141.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.5% ±3.6% (43  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkes County: 3.3% 2,161
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7% ±5.8% (78  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
78 Total veterans ±69 78 Male ±69 N/A Female ±14

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