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Census Tract 9603, Wilkes, NC

5,797 Population
32 square miles 181.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hays: 48.2 † ±21.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,437 ±$3,450 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hays: $35,781 † ±$11,205
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$58,886 ±$9,705 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hays: $55,035 † ±$28,446
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.4% ±3.2% (300  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hays: 4.9% † 52 (±4% / ±47)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

26.9 minutes ±5.2 (75,610  ±20,079) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hays: 25.5 † 15,645 (±16.8 / ±7,118)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,277 ±245 Number of households
  • Hays: 469 † ±160
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (5,797  ±765) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hays: 2.3 † 1,053 (±0.5 / ±424)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4% ±6.1% (42  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Hays: 0%
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,678 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Hays: 562 † ±163
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$153,300 ±$47,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hays: $183,800 † ±$72,477
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

1.8% ±1.9% (106  ±109.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hays: 2.7% † 28 (±3.7% / ±40.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

83.4% ±8.2% (3,334  ±535.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hays: 86.7% † 620 (±45.2% / ±213.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
18.1% ±6.9% (722  ±290.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hays: 16.9% † 121 (±10.7% / ±89.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about half 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

5.9% ±3.7% (341  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hays: 9.6% † 101 (±8.7% / ±100)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

3% ±2.1% (132  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Hays: 9.5% † 85 (±7.3% / ±72)
  • about half the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
132 Total veterans ±97 132 Male ±97 N/A Female ±19

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