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Old Fields township, Wilson County, NC

5,983 Population
49.1 square miles 121.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wilson County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,521 ±$3,763 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilson County: $31,996 ±$1,647
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,583 ±$12,527 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wilson County: $56,423 ±$3,380
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±4.7% (664  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilson County: 19.8% 15,441 (±1.9% / ±1,471)
  • about 80 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)

25.8 minutes ±3.9 (66,500  ±14,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wilson County: 22.5 706,815 (±0.7 / ±30,774)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,381 ±272 Number of households
  • Wilson County: 33,068 ±423
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (5,916  ±605) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilson County: 2.4 77,904 (±0 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±6.9% (79  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilson County: 3.9% † 695 (±1.2% / ±215)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,593 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Wilson County: 37,053 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,700 ±$47,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wilson County: $186,000 ±$8,936
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±2.4% (302  ±144.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilson County: 11.6% † 9,108 (±1.7% / ±1,310.6)
  • 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

91% ±6.5% (3,728  ±515) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilson County: 85.3% 46,313 (±3% / ±1,649.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±4.6% (933  ±219.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilson County: 21.7% 11,799 (±1.5% / ±823.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.5% ±2.6% (268  ±155) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilson County: 6.1% 4,832
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±3.3% (341  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilson County: 6.1% † 3,690 (±0.9% / ±524)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
341 Total veterans ±156 341 Male ±156 N/A Female ±19

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