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Census Tract 9610.01, Wilkes, NC

4,188 Population
71.2 square miles 58.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkesboro: 47.9 † ±5.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,001 ±$6,103 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkesboro: $30,058 † ±$5,106
  • 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
$62,819 ±$17,562 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wilkesboro: $40,907 † ±$6,060
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.2% ±6.3% (634  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkesboro: 22.6% † 758 (±9.1% / ±305)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

36.2 minutes ±4.4 (59,460  ±16,302) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Wilkesboro: 18.9 † 26,630 (±5.9 / ±9,352)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,526 ±259 Number of households
  • Wilkesboro: 1,670 † ±202
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.6 (4,157  ±596) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wilkesboro: 2 † 3,325 (±0.2 / ±50)
  • 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

8.9% ±10.4% (91  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkesboro: 5.4% † 39 (±7.9% / ±58)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,043 ±207 Number of housing units
  • Wilkesboro: 1,943 † ±226
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$113,400 ±$47,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Wilkesboro: $223,700 † ±$57,036
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9% ±9.2% (369  ±382.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilkesboro: 8.1% † 293 (±4% / ±142.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Wilkes County: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

86.8% ±8.9% (2,504  ±469.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wilkesboro: 89.2% † 2,326 (±12.2% / ±371.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
15.8% ±6.2% (456  ±192.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkesboro: 24.5% † 640 (±7% / ±189.8)
  • a little less than 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

2.6% ±2.5% (109  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilkesboro: 6.1% † 221 (±4.7% / ±173)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wilkes County: 3.7% 2,463
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

9.4% ±4.3% (297  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkesboro: 11.1% † 314 (±4.4% / ±127)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
297 Total veterans ±143 277 Male ±138 20 Female ±33

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