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Census Tract 17, Forsyth, NC

5,544 Population
3.4 square miles 1,609.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Winston-Salem: 35.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Forsyth County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,631 ±$3,555 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Winston-Salem: $37,345 ±$1,095
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Forsyth County: $39,203 ±$752
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,511 ±$10,792 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Winston-Salem: $59,268 ±$1,883
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Forsyth County: $67,165 ±$1,465
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

17.3% ±7% (948  ±419) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Winston-Salem: 17.7% 42,925 (±1.2% / ±2,927)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Forsyth County: 14.5% 55,059 (±0.9% / ±3,444)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

16.7 minutes ±6.9 (28,815  ±6,918) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Winston-Salem: 21.5 2,118,440 (±0.6 / ±78,973)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Forsyth County: 22.7 3,507,290 (±0.5 / ±90,794)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,427 ±374 Number of households
  • Winston-Salem: 103,058 ±1,139
  • Forsyth County: 159,925 ±1,210
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.2 (5,481  ±951) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Winston-Salem: 2.4 241,892 (±0 / ±648)
  • a little less than the figure in Forsyth County: 2.4 379,256 (±0 / ±653)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

13.2% ±13.4% (106  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Winston-Salem: 4.7% † 3,138 (±1% / ±634)
  • more than double the rate in Forsyth County: 4.8% † 4,528 (±0.7% / ±687)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,809 ±369 Number of housing units
  • Winston-Salem: 115,270 ±925
  • Forsyth County: 175,631 ±271
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$189,700 ±$15,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Winston-Salem: $233,800 ±$5,817
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Forsyth County: $250,400 ±$5,111
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.7% ±3.9% (426  ±230.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Winston-Salem: 14.7% 36,516 (±1.1% / ±2,684.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Forsyth County: 13% 50,355 (±0.8% / ±3,146.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

91.6% ±10.9% (3,607  ±628.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Winston-Salem: 89.1% 146,498 (±1.9% / ±3,242)
  • about the same as the rate in Forsyth County: 90.4% 237,731 (±1.5% / ±3,952.4)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
21.2% ±7.2% (833  ±303.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Winston-Salem: 39.5% 64,955 (±1.2% / ±2,014.2)
  • about half the rate in Forsyth County: 38.5% 101,178 (±0.9% / ±2,412.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.5% ±3.3% (251  ±187) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Winston-Salem: 11.2% 28,256 (±0.6% / ±1,561)
  • about half the rate in Forsyth County: 9.7% 37,819
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.2% ±2.9% (324  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Winston-Salem: 5.7% 10,986 (±0.5% / ±877)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Forsyth County: 6.3% 19,059 (±0.4% / ±1,120)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
324 Total veterans ±140 306 Male ±146 18 Female ±28

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