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Wilkesboro, NC

3,646 Population
6.6 square miles 553.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±5.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,058 ±$5,106 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$40,907 ±$6,060 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

22.6% ±9.1% (758  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

18.9 minutes ±5.9 (26,630  ±9,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,670 ±202 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.2 (3,325  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.4% ±7.9% (39  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,943 ±226 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$223,700 ±$57,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.1% ±4% (293  ±142.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.2% ±12.2% (2,326  ±371.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.5% ±7% (640  ±189.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

6.1% ±4.7% (221  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,463
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

11.1% ±4.4% (314  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
314 Total veterans ±127 314 Male ±127 N/A Female ±14

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