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Kernersville, NC

26,376 Population
18 square miles 1,467 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,935 ±$1,639 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $31,238 ±$453
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $34,209 ±$175
$60,718 ±$4,584 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $55,454 ±$994
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $60,516 ±$353

11.5% ±2.9% (3,006  ±749) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 15.1% 99,470 (±0.8% / ±5,009)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.7% 1,379,672 (±0.2% / ±18,811)

23.3 minutes ±1.4 (291,800  ±23,256) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 24.1 6,765,975 (±0.4 / ±139,742)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 108,494,690 (±0.1 / ±490,242)

Families

11,572 ±443 Number of households
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 267,562 ±1,595
  • North Carolina: 4,034,684 ±9,031
2.3 ±0.1 (26,203  ±288) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 2.5 659,588 (±0 / ±1,683)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,103,771 (±0)

4.6% ±2.1% (282  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 4.7% † 7,266 (±0.5% / ±839)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 124,231 (±0.1% / ±2,985)

Housing

12,394 ±472 Number of housing units
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 300,101 ±686
  • North Carolina: 4,673,933 ±548

$208,200 ±$10,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $165,000 ±$1,632
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $197,500 ±$750

15.2% ±2.7% (3,980  ±717.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 11.7% 77,986 (±0.6% / ±3,775.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.1% 1,450,883 (±0.1% / ±14,334)

Social

90.9% ±4.4% (16,776  ±947.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 88% 408,103 (±1% / ±4,736.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89% 6,308,190 (±0.3% / ±20,630.4)
33.9% ±2.9% (6,254  ±557.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 27.4% 127,166 (±0.5% / ±2,486.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 33% 2,339,163 (±0.2% / ±12,758.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.4% ±1.4% (1,678  ±373) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7% 47,152 (±0.3% / ±1,779)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 845,983 (±0.1% / ±7,686)

7.4% ±1.3% (1,540  ±283) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7.2% 37,692 (±0.3% / ±1,459)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8% 637,790 (±0.1% / ±6,230)
1,540 Total veterans ±283 1,361 Male ±266 179 Female ±96

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