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

149,841 Population
1,521.2 square miles 98.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,805 ±$1,817 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$53,107 ±$2,998 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.3% ±2.3% (24,180  ±3,365) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.2 minutes ±0.9 (1,479,440  ±65,040) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

64,132 ±2,264 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (147,578  ±1,492) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±2.3% (2,038  ±697) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

74,201 ±949 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$197,200 ±$15,745 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.4% ±1.5% (9,474  ±2,183.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

82.2% ±3.8% (89,716  ±4,402.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.1% ±2% (21,904  ±2,229.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.6% ±0.6% (13,496  ±791.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,362,533 (±0.1% / ±10,995.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.1% ±1.5% (9,146  ±2,266) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±1.2% (6,333  ±1,382) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,333 Total veterans ±1,382 6,039 Male ±1,362 294 Female ±184

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