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Wilkesboro township, Wilkes County, NC

10,276 Population
31.5 square miles 325.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,824 ±$2,537 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$58,162 ±$5,687 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

14.4% ±5% (1,396  ±501) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

22.1 minutes ±3.1 (100,240  ±18,695) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

3,883 ±354 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (9,647  ±850) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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

7.2% ±4.8% (166  ±114) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

4,405 ±389 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$193,300 ±$17,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

7.1% ±1.9% (720  ±204.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times 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

82.6% ±5.2% (5,921  ±620.8) 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)
22% ±4.2% (1,579  ±325.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.9% ±2% (506  ±205) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 3.3% 2,161
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8% ±2.3% (648  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
648 Total veterans ±190 632 Male ±187 16 Female ±21

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