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Census Tract 9608.01, Wilkes, NC

3,693 Population
13 square miles 284.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Millers Creek: 49.2 † ±13.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$24,665 ±$3,812 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Millers Creek: $31,212 † ±$5,591
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$56,595 ±$16,809 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Millers Creek: $63,125 † ±$17,712
  • 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

27.3% ±8.6% (973  ±338) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Millers Creek: 18.9% † 311 (±13.2% / ±229)
  • 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)

23.6 minutes ±1.9 (32,955  ±7,875) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Millers Creek: 25.6 † 14,490 (±4.6 / ±5,908)
  • 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

1,435 ±153 Number of households
  • Millers Creek: 723 † ±151
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.6 ±0.2 (3,693  ±522) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Millers Creek: 2.3 † 1,689 (±0.3 / ±408)
  • about 10 percent 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

11.7% ±10.6% (79  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Millers Creek: 16.3% † 46 (±18.6% / ±56)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,740 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Millers Creek: 824 † ±188
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$195,200 ±$32,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Millers Creek: $227,200 † ±$37,595
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

3.3% ±3.1% (118  ±111.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Millers Creek: 0.5% † 9 (±1.8% / ±29.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

81.8% ±6.7% (2,137  ±307.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Millers Creek: 81.9% † 1,091 (±24.6% / ±220)
  • 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)
10% ±3.6% (262  ±100.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Millers Creek: 13.1% † 174 (±5.4% / ±82.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

4.3% ±3.4% (157  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Millers Creek: 7.6% † 128 (±6.9% / ±120)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

1.6% ±1.2% (47  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Millers Creek: 3.5% † 48 (±3.5% / ±49)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
47 Total veterans ±36 47 Male ±36 N/A Female ±14

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