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BG 1, Tract 9605, Wilkes, NC

1,594 Population
2.9 square miles 545.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±17.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fairplains: 43.4 † ±16.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4

Economics

$23,862 ±$3,725 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Fairplains: $19,124 † ±$4,126
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
$47,696 ±$15,016 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Fairplains: $38,585 † ±$6,470
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459

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Families

685 ±195 Number of households
  • Fairplains: 753 † ±161
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
2.3 ±0.3 (1,583  ±489) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fairplains: 2.4 1,768 (±0.2 / ±416)
  • a little less than the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)

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Housing

685 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Fairplains: 863 † ±163
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43

$162,700 ±$37,842 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fairplains: $140,200 † ±$24,931
  • a little less than the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937

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Social

85.3% ±37.9% (980  ±298.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fairplains: 76.9% † 942 (±8.3% / ±243.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wilkes County: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
13.8% ±7.8% (158  ±103.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairplains: 13.6% † 167 (±6.4% / ±88.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)

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9.3% ±9.5% (113  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fairplains: 15% † 201 (±10.1% / ±143)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
113 Total veterans ±120 113 Male ±120 N/A Female ±14

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