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Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

681,438 Population
2,009 square miles 339.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,486 ±$988 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$57,392 ±$2,244 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

13.6% ±1.2% (91,048  ±8,073) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.8 minutes ±1.1 (6,462,375  ±332,606) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

273,913 ±3,476 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (667,781  ±2,513) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.1% ±1.1% (7,934  ±1,671) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

306,120 ±1,047 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$193,100 ±$5,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11.3% ±1.3% (76,201  ±8,465) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89.3% ±2.3% (420,022  ±11,106.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
30.1% ±1.3% (141,542  ±6,121.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

7.1% ±0.5% (48,056  ±3,135) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.8% ±0.6% (36,276  ±3,349) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
36,276 Total veterans ±3,349 33,771 Male ±3,246 2,505 Female ±873

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