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Brushy Mountain township, Wilkes County, NC

769 Population
24.9 square miles 30.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.8 ±22.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,632 ±$7,095 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

N/A Persons below poverty line

20.5 minutes ±17.1 (7,660  ±4,332) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

354 ±207 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±1.8 (769  ±446) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

530 ±247 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,100 ±$95,775 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

98.8% ±75.4% (633  ±289.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.9% ±7.7% (179  ±120.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 80 percent of 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

15% ±16% (115  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.2% ±10.3% (80  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 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)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±47 65 Male ±40 15 Female ±24

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