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Edwards township, Wilkes County, NC

6,536 Population
64 square miles 102.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,255 ±$3,839 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
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,577 ±$6,867 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.2% ±7.4% (1,254  ±501) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±2.2 (70,660  ±16,020) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,883 ±289 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (6,534  ±732) Persons per household
  • a little less than 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

9.5% ±5.7% (96  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,303 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$142,800 ±$13,809 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±2.7% (335  ±177.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.7% ±3.6% (4,281  ±511.9) 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)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.5% ±2.7% (648  ±157.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about one-third 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

3.7% ±3.4% (240  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±3.2% (467  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
467 Total veterans ±182 467 Male ±182 N/A Female ±19

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