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Wilkesboro, NC

3,664 Population
6.6 square miles 556.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±10.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,044 ±$4,495 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$41,175 ±$10,212 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.7% ±7.6% (629  ±257) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.2 minutes ±5.6 (27,910  ±9,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

1,597 ±216 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.1 ±0.3 (3,317  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

11% ±11.6% (83  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

1,828 ±248 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$197,600 ±$35,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

6.9% ±3.9% (248  ±140.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

93.1% ±12.4% (2,404  ±366.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.9% 39,047 (±3.2% / ±1,554.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
22.7% ±6.1% (587  ±162.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

3.5% ±2.4% (127  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.3% 2,161
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

9.1% ±3.7% (262  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
262 Total veterans ±106 262 Male ±106 N/A Female ±14

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