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Elk township, Wilkes County, NC

926 Population
52.7 square miles 17.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.1 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

$28,304 ±$6,572 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,625 ±$12,258 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

11.2% ±7.8% (104  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

45.7 minutes ±55.5 (13,935  ±9,126) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • nearly double the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

381 ±149 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (926  ±402) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

533 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,000 ±$119,096 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

2.2% ±4.2% (20  ±40.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.2% ±51.1% (637  ±268.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.7% ±5.9% (104  ±63.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.8% ±4.6% (89  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
89 Total veterans ±52 59 Male ±35 30 Female ±30

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