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Wilson, NC

48,370 Population
31.4 square miles 1,541.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$31,704 ±$2,515 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $31,996 ±$1,647
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$52,485 ±$4,430 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $56,423 ±$3,380
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

23% ±2.9% (10,837  ±1,349) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 19.8% 15,441 (±1.9% / ±1,471)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

21.3 minutes ±1 (411,550  ±27,999) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 22.5 706,815 (±0.7 / ±30,774)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

20,403 ±441 Number of households
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 33,068 ±423
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (47,110  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 2.4 77,904 (±0 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.7% ±1.6% (429  ±187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 3.9% † 695 (±1.2% / ±215)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

22,934 ±436 Number of housing units
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 37,053 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$210,700 ±$11,636 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $186,000 ±$8,936
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

14.9% ±2.6% (7,154  ±1,235.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 11.6% † 9,108 (±1.7% / ±1,310.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

85.2% ±4.1% (27,937  ±1,401) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 85.3% 46,313 (±3% / ±1,649.1)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
24.5% ±2.2% (8,042  ±724.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 21.7% 11,799 (±1.5% / ±823.7)
  • 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

6.9% ±1% (3,323  ±504) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6.1% 4,832
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.6% ±1.1% (2,063  ±415) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,690 (±0.9% / ±524)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,063 Total veterans ±415 1,861 Male ±387 202 Female ±95

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