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Wilkesboro--North Wilkesboro, NC Urban Area

19,844 Population
33.3 square miles 595.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,263 ±$2,010 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,251 ±$3,172 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.7% ±4.5% (4,106  ±891) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±3 (147,110  ±24,452) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,357 ±567 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (19,005  ±1,130) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±2% (131  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,471 ±571 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$184,000 ±$19,363 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.5% ±1.4% (880  ±270.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.1% ±4.1% (11,237  ±837.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±2.7% (2,717  ±402) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.1% ±1.7% (1,015  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±1.7% (1,217  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,217 Total veterans ±279 1,147 Male ±276 70 Female ±71

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