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Boomer township, Wilkes County, NC

1,779 Population
32.9 square miles 54 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±25.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,148 ±$8,120 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$71,012 ±$25,405 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

10.3% ±6.8% (183  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

35.8 minutes ±23.3 (18,380  ±7,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

624 ±147 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.9 ±0.4 (1,779  ±474) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

17.8% ±23.7% (65  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

951 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$94,300 ±$16,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

83.4% ±13.2% (1,113  ±335.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
7.8% ±5.6% (104  ±78.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

2.3% ±3.8% (40  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

12.8% ±9.5% (173  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
173 Total veterans ±136 173 Male ±136 N/A Female ±14

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