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Wilkes County, NC

66,186 Population
753.7 square miles 87.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,753 ±$2,370 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,189 ±$5,404 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.5% ±3.6% (10,097  ±2,361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.9 minutes ±1.6 (667,500  ±49,117) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,692 ±1,399 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (65,130  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.2% ±4.3% (1,073  ±565) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,103 ±23 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$180,800 ±$22,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

3.8% ±1.3% (2,527  ±829.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

79.2% ±6.2% (38,266  ±3,002.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
17.3% ±3.1% (8,342  ±1,504.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

4.3% (2,868  ±668) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±1.4% (2,375  ±763) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,375 Total veterans ±763 2,259 Male ±744 116 Female ±119

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