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Kernersville township, Forsyth County, NC

31,430 Population
31 square miles 1,014.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Forsyth County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,451 ±$2,117 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Forsyth County: $39,203 ±$752
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,047 ±$6,522 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Forsyth County: $67,165 ±$1,465
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±2.2% (3,534  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Forsyth County: 14.5% 55,059 (±0.9% / ±3,444)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±1.7 (334,935  ±29,923) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Forsyth County: 22.7 3,507,290 (±0.5 / ±90,794)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,809 ±574 Number of households
  • Forsyth County: 159,925 ±1,210
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (31,281  ±1,196) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Forsyth County: 2.4 379,256 (±0 / ±653)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±2.7% (445  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Forsyth County: 4.8% † 4,528 (±0.7% / ±687)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,589 ±559 Number of housing units
  • Forsyth County: 175,631 ±271
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$278,000 ±$12,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Forsyth County: $250,400 ±$5,111
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±1.9% (2,978  ±589.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Forsyth County: 13% 50,355 (±0.8% / ±3,146.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±3% (20,573  ±1,055.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forsyth County: 90.4% 237,731 (±1.5% / ±3,952.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.4% ±2.4% (7,430  ±609.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Forsyth County: 38.5% 101,178 (±0.9% / ±2,412.9)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.5% ±1.4% (2,031  ±458) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Forsyth County: 9.7% 37,819
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.2% (1,857  ±306) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Forsyth County: 6.3% 19,059 (±0.4% / ±1,120)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,857 Total veterans ±306 1,722 Male ±296 135 Female ±78

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