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Winston-Salem, NC Urban Area

434,231 Population
310.8 square miles 1,397.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,644 ±$1,392 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,138 ±$2,393 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

15.9% ±2.2% (67,145  ±9,391) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

22.3 minutes ±0.9 (3,924,830  ±224,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

182,303 ±4,086 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (422,365  ±7,752) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.2% ±1.3% (4,502  ±1,339) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

195,708 ±3,279 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$268,600 ±$8,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.6% ±1.9% (58,384  ±8,018.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.5% ±2.9% (267,336  ±9,524.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
39.7% ±1.9% (116,075  ±5,890.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

8.9% ±1% (38,753  ±4,427) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±0.8% (20,391  ±2,525) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
20,391 Total veterans ±2,525 17,340 Male ±2,140 3,051 Female ±973

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