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Mulberry township, Wilkes County, NC

5,850 Population
56.2 square miles 104.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,782 ±$3,337 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$46,797 ±$8,495 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

16.2% ±8% (948  ±483) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

28.2 minutes ±5.6 (55,320  ±13,514) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

2,386 ±350 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.5 (5,827  ±692) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.5% ±4.6% (58  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,719 ±347 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$148,600 ±$16,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

2.8% ±1.9% (160  ±111.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

80.8% ±17% (3,454  ±501) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 81.9% 39,047 (±3.2% / ±1,554.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.7% ±5.6% (715  ±263.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about half 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

4.1% ±2.7% (237  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 3.3% 2,161
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.1% ±3.6% (375  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times 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)
375 Total veterans ±174 372 Male ±175 3 Female ±8

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