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Census Tract 9605, Wilkes, NC

3,619 Population
7.3 square miles 498.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±8.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fairplains: 43.4 † ±16.8
  • 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

$21,474 ±$2,740 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fairplains: $19,124 † ±$4,126
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$39,553 ±$5,444 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Fairplains: $38,585 † ±$6,470
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

24.6% ±9.8% (885  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fairplains: 36.3% † 647 (±18.3% / ±360)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.7 minutes ±4.9 (27,700  ±8,526) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fairplains: 24.9 † 13,435 (±5.4 / ±5,123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,487 ±177 Number of households
  • Fairplains: 753 † ±161
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.1 (3,573  ±473) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fairplains: 2.4 1,768 (±0.2 / ±416)
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

1.2% ±2% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Fairplains: 0%
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,597 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Fairplains: 863 † ±163
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$152,000 ±$17,060 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fairplains: $140,200 † ±$24,931
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

5.1% ±4.7% (184  ±170.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Fairplains: 2.2% † 40 (±2.1% / ±39)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

80.7% ±9.4% (2,020  ±362.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fairplains: 76.9% † 942 (±8.3% / ±243.1)
  • 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)
12.8% ±4.9% (319  ±129.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fairplains: 13.6% † 167 (±6.4% / ±88.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about one-third 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

5.1% ±3.3% (185  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fairplains: 7.3% † 132 (±5.5% / ±104)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.4% ±5.2% (201  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Fairplains: 15% † 201 (±10.1% / ±143)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
201 Total veterans ±143 191 Male ±144 10 Female ±17

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