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Traphill township, Wilkes County, NC

3,183 Population
57.2 square miles 55.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,262 ±$6,538 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$46,387 ±$15,053 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

13.3% ±7.5% (422  ±250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

35.5 minutes ±12.1 (43,150  ±10,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times 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

1,323 ±202 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (3,183  ±530) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

14.5% ±13% (107  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,449 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$152,200 ±$57,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

13% ±11.5% (401  ±359.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

79.9% ±4.7% (1,855  ±302.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 81.9% 39,047 (±3.2% / ±1,554.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
9.2% ±4.3% (214  ±105.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.5% ±0.8% (17  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wilkes County: 3.3% 2,161
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

4.5% ±3.2% (113  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
113 Total veterans ±81 113 Male ±81 N/A Female ±14

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