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Winston-Salem, NC

251,343 Population
133.5 square miles 1,882.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,670 ±$2,103 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $35,164 ±$1,295
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
$54,195 ±$3,273 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $61,556 ±$2,768
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623

18.3% ±3.2% (44,026  ±7,714) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 13.6% † 91,865 (±1.4% / ±9,587)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)

23.1 minutes ±1.6 (2,191,380  ±201,768) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 24.7 6,692,830 (±0.7 / ±289,081)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,959,064 (±0.2 / ±1,086,259)

Families

100,769 ±2,374 Number of households
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 278,269 ±3,432
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
2.4 ±0.1 (241,260  ±301) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 2.4 674,761 (±0 / ±336)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729

5.1% ±1.9% (3,345  ±1,247) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 5.3% † 8,381 (±1.2% / ±1,832)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)

Housing

114,796 ±2,965 Number of housing units
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 309,986 ±931
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041

$231,800 ±$12,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $231,200 ±$6,173
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083

14.5% ±2.2% (35,808  ±5,321.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 10.8% † 73,556 (±1.2% / ±7,849.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)

Social

88.5% ±3.9% (144,018  ±6,896.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 88.9% 421,856 (±2.3% / ±11,210.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
39.9% ±2.5% (64,842  ±4,221) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 31.3% 148,519 (±1.3% / ±6,381.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)

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

10.6% ±1.2% (26,601  ±2,990) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7.3% 50,382
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787

5.5% ±0.9% (10,535  ±1,682) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 33,199 (±0.5% / ±2,897)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
10,535 Total veterans ±1,682 9,763 Male ±1,658 772 Female ±471

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