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Wilkesboro High Country--Surry, Wilkes & Alleghany Counties PUMA, NC

148,485 Population
1,521.2 square miles 97.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$27,253 ±$1,320 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $38,701 ±$391
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$45,753 ±$2,735 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $67,481 ±$623
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

20.1% ±2.9% (29,380  ±4,278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,329,157 (±0.3% / ±34,584)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

26.6 minutes ±1 (1,593,275  ±70,033) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

63,284 ±2,009 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,299,266 ±15,150
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (145,755  ±2,139) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,417,729
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.7% ±2.2% (2,007  ±666) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 129,267 (±0.3% / ±6,987)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

73,344 ±1,157 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,892,627 ±1,041
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$160,900 ±$9,422 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $280,600 ±$2,083
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

8% ±1.7% (11,678  ±2,501) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,346,000 (±0.3% / ±33,890.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

81.4% ±3.8% (87,815  ±4,313.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,649,400 (±0.6% / ±43,783.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
16% ±1.8% (17,301  ±1,951) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.9% 2,647,999 (±0.4% / ±26,529.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

8.6% ±0.6% (12,169  ±,855.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.3% 1,216,618 (±0.1% / ±11,036.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

3.9% ±0.8% (5,765  ±1,248) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 8.6% 916,787
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.6% ±1% (7,875  ±1,236) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.5% 620,969 (±0.2% / ±12,934)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
7,875 Total veterans ±1,236 7,249 Male ±1,180 626 Female ±439

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