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Winston-Salem, NC

252,970 Population
133.6 square miles 1,893.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$36,463 ±$1,923 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $36,020 ±$1,076
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$59,189 ±$4,161 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $64,406 ±$2,048
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

19.1% ±3.4% (46,467  ±8,350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 14.1% † 95,786 (±1.6% / ±10,863)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

20 minutes ±0.8 (2,045,865  ±136,792) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 23.9 6,920,620 (±0.7 / ±268,362)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.3 111,229,650 (±0.2 / ±1,201,268)

Families

107,693 ±2,648 Number of households
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 292,187 ±3,818
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.3 ±0.1 (243,024  ±3,275) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 2.3 681,967 (±0 / ±3,204)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 † 10,553,524 (±,126.5 / ±-555,555,600)

2.5% ±1.3% (1,669  ±861) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 4.5% † 7,130 (±1.1% / ±1,690)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

117,420 ±2,401 Number of housing units
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 313,794 ±1,400
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$256,700 ±$11,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $248,600 ±$6,148
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

17.4% ±2.9% (43,558  ±7,276) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 11.2% † 77,022 (±1.3% / ±8,802.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

91.2% ±4.4% (149,372  ±7,624) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 90.8% 438,575 (±2.3% / ±11,315)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
44.6% ±2.9% (72,989  ±4,919.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 33.1% 159,651 (±1.4% / ±6,610)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

9.8% ±1.7% (24,745  ±4,338) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7.6% † 53,151 (±6,102.1% / ±4,736)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% † 995,127 (±,470.9% / ±22,367)

5.7% ±1.1% (11,056  ±2,212) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 6.6% 35,868 (±0.6% / ±3,101)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
11,056 Total veterans ±2,212 9,128 Male ±1,838 1,928 Female ±772

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