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Census Tract 5, Forsyth, NC

1,992 Population
0.6 square miles 3,180.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±12.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Winston-Salem: 35.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Forsyth County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$17,076 ±$3,663 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Winston-Salem: $37,345 ±$1,095
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Forsyth County: $39,203 ±$752
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$25,859 ±$10,514 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Winston-Salem: $59,268 ±$1,883
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Forsyth County: $67,165 ±$1,465
  • about one-third of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

44.9% ±17.2% (894  ±395) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Winston-Salem: 17.7% 42,925 (±1.2% / ±2,927)
  • more than double the rate in Forsyth County: 14.5% 55,059 (±0.9% / ±3,444)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.2 minutes ±7.3 (14,585  ±6,264) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Winston-Salem: 21.5 2,118,440 (±0.6 / ±78,973)
  • about the same as the figure in Forsyth County: 22.7 3,507,290 (±0.5 / ±90,794)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

832 ±176 Number of households
  • Winston-Salem: 103,058 ±1,139
  • Forsyth County: 159,925 ±1,210
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (1,989  ±442) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Winston-Salem: 2.4 241,892 (±0 / ±648)
  • about the same as the figure in Forsyth County: 2.4 379,256 (±0 / ±653)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.5% ±5.1% (16  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Winston-Salem: 4.7% † 3,138 (±1% / ±634)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Forsyth County: 4.8% † 4,528 (±0.7% / ±687)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,104 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Winston-Salem: 115,270 ±925
  • Forsyth County: 175,631 ±271
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

0.4% ±1.4% (7  ±27.1) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Winston-Salem: 14.7% 36,516 (±1.1% / ±2,684.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Forsyth County: 13% 50,355 (±0.8% / ±3,146.9)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

71.4% ±11.2% (860  ±217.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Winston-Salem: 89.1% 146,498 (±1.9% / ±3,242)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Forsyth County: 90.4% 237,731 (±1.5% / ±3,952.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
2.7% ±3.2% (32  ±38.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Winston-Salem: 39.5% 64,955 (±1.2% / ±2,014.2)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Forsyth County: 38.5% 101,178 (±0.9% / ±2,412.9)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.8% ±4.4% (116  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Winston-Salem: 11.2% 28,256 (±0.6% / ±1,561)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Forsyth County: 9.7% 37,819
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

4.1% ±2.5% (57  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Winston-Salem: 5.7% 10,986 (±0.5% / ±877)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Forsyth County: 6.3% 19,059 (±0.4% / ±1,120)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
57 Total veterans ±37 45 Male ±32 12 Female ±15

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