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Edwards township, Wilkes County, NC

6,676 Population
64 square miles 104.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,639 ±$4,917 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
$51,515 ±$6,501 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

17.8% ±8% (1,188  ±554) 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)

25.7 minutes ±3.1 (73,170  ±17,556) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,976 ±315 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.2 ±0.1 (6,673  ±824) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of 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

8.7% ±5.4% (90  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

3,368 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$135,500 ±$12,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.6% ±3.2% (439  ±220.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

84.7% ±2.8% (4,476  ±537.8) 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)
12.5% ±2.6% (661  ±155.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

3.3% ±3.2% (220  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 3.3% 2,161
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.1% ±3.2% (451  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
451 Total veterans ±184 451 Male ±184 N/A Female ±19

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