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27896

18,808 Population
35.2 square miles 534.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 40.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,775 ±$5,338 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $30,057 ±$1,481
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,893 ±$6,327 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $51,381 ±$1,884
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

9.3% ±3.2% (1,751  ±609) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 21% 16,226 (±2.1% / ±1,583)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

23.1 minutes ±1.7 (204,850  ±21,325) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 22.4 694,975 (±0.9 / ±36,451)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

7,953 ±416 Number of households
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 32,860 ±483
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.1 (18,607  ±1,182) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 2.4 77,248 (±0 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.4% ±2.6% (146  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 4.3% † 757 (±1.7% / ±303)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

8,496 ±410 Number of housing units
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 36,702 ±67
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$213,600 ±$15,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $171,800 ±$7,340
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11% ±2.8% (2,055  ±545.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 12.1% † 9,432 (±1.7% / ±1,315.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

91.2% ±4.6% (12,399  ±917.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 84.4% 45,691 (±3.1% / ±1,665.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
33.8% ±3.4% (4,589  ±525.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 20.3% 10,967 (±1.6% / ±852.7)
  • a little less than 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

7.1% ±2.2% (1,335  ±417) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6% 4,684
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

6.6% ±1.7% (982  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6.3% † 3,821 (±0.7% / ±408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
982 Total veterans ±257 943 Male ±245 39 Female ±45

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