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BG 1, Tract 9609.02, Wilkes, NC

1,014 Population
59.7 square miles 17 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wilkes County: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$27,258 ±$6,122 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wilkes County: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$55,304 ±$16,811 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wilkes County: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

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Families

425 ±152 Number of households
  • Wilkes County: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.4 (1,014  ±409) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wilkes County: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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Housing

621 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes County: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$220,300 ±$149,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wilkes County: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

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Social

76.8% ±7.4% (649  ±268.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
12.3% ±5.7% (104  ±63.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wilkes County: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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10.5% ±4.5% (89  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wilkes County: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
89 Total veterans ±52 59 Male ±35 30 Female ±30

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