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Wilkesboro, NC

3,674 Population
6.6 square miles 557.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±11.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,240 ±$5,389 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,592 ±$1,166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$43,480 ±$8,572 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $49,119 ±$3,036
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

22.2% ±10.5% (749  ±355) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 17.2% † 11,148 (±2% / ±1,268)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

20.5 minutes ±4.8 (29,150  ±8,703) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27.6 717,740 (±1.5 / ±49,922)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

1,452 ±196 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,249 ±612
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.3 ±0.3 (3,325  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 65,182 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

10% ±9.3% (78  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.7% † 892 (±2.2% / ±293)
  • about double the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

1,713 ±220 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,743 ±53
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$175,900 ±$27,666 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $146,200 ±$7,459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

7.3% ±4% (263  ±146) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 5.9% † 3,870 (±1.2% / ±,771.9)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

90% ±10.4% (2,218  ±,329.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.5% 38,910 (±3.1% / ±1,508)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
27.3% ±6.5% (673  ±172) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.4% 7,824 (±1.4% / ±,684.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

2.3% ±1.3% (85  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.3% 2,151
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

9.2% ±3.9% (261  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 7.3% † 3,829 (±0.9% / ±473)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
261 Total veterans ±111 261 Male ±111 N/A Female ±14

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