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Census Tract 9610.02, Wilkes, NC

4,988 Population
26.5 square miles 188.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±4.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Moravian Falls: 49.8 † ±21.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$34,983 ±$4,111 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Moravian Falls: $27,840 † ±$8,327
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$64,176 ±$12,521 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Moravian Falls: $47,548 † ±$18,493
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

7.1% ±3.4% (343  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Moravian Falls: 5.4% † 69 (±5.5% / ±76)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.2 minutes ±3.8 (47,175  ±13,334) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Moravian Falls: 22.4 † 9,365 (±6 / ±6,177)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

2,130 ±305 Number of households
  • Moravian Falls: 664 † ±260
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.4 (4,833  ±603) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Moravian Falls: 1.9 † 1,285 (±1.1 / ±497)
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,432 ±335 Number of housing units
  • Moravian Falls: 664 † ±260
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$259,100 ±$42,632 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Moravian Falls: $218,800 † ±$25,432
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

2.5% ±2.1% (122  ±107.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Moravian Falls: 0.9% † 11 (±2.4% / ±30.8)
  • about half 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

87.3% ±8.1% (3,210  ±536) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Moravian Falls: 88% † 750 (±48.1% / ±288.4)
  • about 10 percent 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)
24.9% ±6.7% (916  ±276.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Moravian Falls: 10.6% † 90 (±8.5% / ±80.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±2.6% (177  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • Moravian Falls: 0%
  • 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

9.8% ±4.1% (408  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Moravian Falls: 14.6% † 153 (±9.4% / ±114)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
408 Total veterans ±177 387 Male ±170 21 Female ±34

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