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Census Tract 9607, Wilkes, NC

4,515 Population
7.6 square miles 591.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cricket: 28.2 † ±5.9
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$23,472 ±$5,367 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cricket: $21,063 † ±$6,298
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$39,239 ±$6,314 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Cricket: $39,859 † ±$11,681
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

27.3% ±12.5% (1,168  ±573) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Cricket: 27% † 626 (±20.8% / ±517)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.1 minutes ±6.4 (38,235  ±15,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cricket: 19.1 † 18,280 (±12.7 / ±8,421)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,654 ±214 Number of households
  • Cricket: 795 † ±208
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.3 (4,328  ±772) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cricket: 2.9 † 2,317 (±0.4 / ±701)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

2.4% ±2.7% (27  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Cricket: 2.4% † 15 (±4.1% / ±26)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,811 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Cricket: 913 † ±206
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$136,500 ±$53,415 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cricket: $140,600 † ±$50,500
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

2.6% ±1.6% (118  ±76.4) Moved since previous year
  • Cricket: 0%
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

76.1% ±7.8% (2,184  ±398.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cricket: 76.5% 1,016 (±1.1% / ±301.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
14.5% ±5.2% (416  ±163) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cricket: 13.8% † 183 (±7.6% / ±114.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about two-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

3.6% ±3.2% (162  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cricket: 7% † 162 (±6% / ±147)
  • a little less than the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.3% ±3% (178  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cricket: 6.5% † 110 (±3.6% / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
178 Total veterans ±103 178 Male ±103 N/A Female ±14

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