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Boomer township, Wilkes County, NC

1,213 Population
32.9 square miles 36.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±13.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,229 ±$10,061 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,592 ±$1,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$50,367 ±$15,518 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $49,119 ±$3,036
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

17.5% ±10.8% (212  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 17.2% † 11,148 (±2% / ±1,268)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

18.6 minutes ±16.9 (7,645  ±4,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wilkes County: 27.6 717,740 (±1.5 / ±49,922)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

541 ±151 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,249 ±612
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.2 ±0.4 (1,213  ±392) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 65,182 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

25.5% ±30.7% (36  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 6.7% † 892 (±2.2% / ±293)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

821 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,743 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$89,400 ±$39,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wilkes County: $146,200 ±$7,459
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

6.6% ±6.1% (78  ±76.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 5.9% † 3,870 (±1.2% / ±,771.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

84.7% ±12.2% (878  ±302) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 81.5% 38,910 (±3.1% / ±1,508)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
11.2% ±5.6% (116  ±68.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.4% 7,824 (±1.4% / ±,684.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.4% ±7.4% (130  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 7.3% † 3,829 (±0.9% / ±473)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
130 Total veterans ±88 130 Male ±88 N/A Female ±14

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