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Walnut Grove township, Wilkes County, NC

1,043 Population
55.7 square miles 18.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.1 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,895 ±$5,869 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$38,425 ±$13,660 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.9% ±11.8% (130  ±127) 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)

64.8 minutes ±55.5 (19,360  ±21,825) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Wilkes County: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • more than double the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

465 ±152 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.3 (1,043  ±366) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

611 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$119,400 ±$84,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

0.9% ±2.8% (9  ±29.1) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wilkes County: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

69.6% ±32% (621  ±199.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 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)
6.6% ±5.9% (59  ±55.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.8% ±5.6% (43  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters 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)
43 Total veterans ±52 43 Male ±52 N/A Female ±14

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