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Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area

667,733 Population
2,008.6 square miles 332.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,360 ±$1,026 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $29,560 ±$232
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$49,162 ±$2,018 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $52,752 ±$510
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

16.2% ±1.2% (105,737  ±7,929) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 14.7% 1,471,339 (±0.4% / ±35,219)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

23.8 minutes ±0.5 (6,856,990  ±206,427) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 24.9 111,653,370 (±0.2 / ±1,144,284)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

263,215 ±3,546 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 3,955,069 ±14,774
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.5 ±0 (653,606  ±2,523) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,006,648 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.1% ±0.8% (6,409  ±1,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 127,760 (±0.2% / ±5,742)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

297,681 ±1,069 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,622,656 ±769
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$148,600 ±$3,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $171,200 ±$1,016
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

12.1% ±1.2% (80,205  ±8,229.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 14.9% 1,509,156 (±0.3% / ±34,846)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

87.3% ±2% (401,819  ±9,255.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 87.8% 6,137,396 (±0.5% / ±36,896.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
26.4% ±1.1% (121,498  ±5,001.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 31.3% 2,190,679 (±0.3% / ±21,578.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

7% ±0.5% (46,590  ±3,326) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.1% 829,416 (±0.2% / ±17,576)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

8% ±0.6% (41,226  ±2,869) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 656,044 (±0.2% / ±11,702)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
41,226 Total veterans ±2,869 38,502 Male ±2,785 2,724 Female ±736

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