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Census Tract 9606, Wilkes, NC

2,573 Population
4 square miles 650.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Wilkesboro: 43.1 ±2.9
  • 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

$31,977 ±$7,508 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Wilkesboro: $28,364 † ±$6,380
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$47,206 ±$11,152 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Wilkesboro: $38,474 † ±$7,688
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

22.1% ±12% (553  ±312) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Wilkesboro: 23.8% † 920 (±9.1% / ±352)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.6 minutes ±9.6 (17,545  ±5,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Wilkesboro: 14.7 21,435 (±0.9 / ±5,108)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,288 ±214 Number of households
  • North Wilkesboro: 1,859 † ±216
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.4 (2,506  ±375) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Wilkesboro: 2.1 † 3,909 (±0.3 / ±39)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.9% ±7.7% (31  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Wilkesboro: 3.9% † 36 (±5.3% / ±50)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,382 ±212 Number of housing units
  • North Wilkesboro: 2,025 † ±236
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$234,300 ±$67,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Wilkesboro: $212,700 † ±$68,156
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.4% ±3.2% (113  ±82.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Wilkesboro: 9.1% † 400 (±4.3% / ±186.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

80% ±10.4% (1,495  ±305.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in North Wilkesboro: 77.6% † 2,486 (±11.4% / ±406.8)
  • 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)
32.7% ±10.5% (611  ±218.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Wilkesboro: 24.7% † 790 (±7.2% / ±237.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about 90 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

6% ±7.1% (154  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Wilkesboro: 4.4% † 196 (±4.3% / ±190)
  • 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

5.8% ±3.8% (126  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Wilkesboro: 4.2% † 153 (±2.5% / ±93)
  • a little less than the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
126 Total veterans ±84 78 Male ±52 48 Female ±69

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