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Boomer township, Wilkes County, NC

1,279 Population
32.9 square miles 38.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.6 ±12.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,489 ±$10,624 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$51,858 ±$5,765 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.7% ±11.8% (239  ±167) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

26.2 minutes ±30.2 (7,255  ±5,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

559 ±149 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (1,279  ±384) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

32.9% ±38.9% (47  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

823 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$116,000 ±$56,826 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

4.9% ±5.7% (61  ±72.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.4% ±14.1% (891  ±298) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 81.9% 39,047 (±3.2% / ±1,554.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
11.6% ±6.3% (122  ±74.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about one-third of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.1% ±9% (108  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
108 Total veterans ±101 108 Male ±101 N/A Female ±14

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