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27105

40,678 Population
33.7 square miles 1,206.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$22,015 ±$1,485 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $37,543 ±$484
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,080 ±$2,881 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $65,975 ±$1,052
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

27.1% ±4.7% (10,870  ±1,990) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 91,282 (±0.7% / ±4,421)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

24.2 minutes ±2.4 (361,520  ±45,586) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 24.4 6,765,895 (±0.3 / ±122,992)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

15,165 ±774 Number of households
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 281,596 ±1,403
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.7 ±0.1 (40,135  ±2,426) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 2.4 676,083 (±0 / ±629)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

5.2% ±2.4% (522  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 7,646 (±0.5% / ±824)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

18,055 ±780 Number of housing units
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 310,088 ±282
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$168,400 ±$7,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $233,300 ±$2,675
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.1% ±1.9% (3,253  ±775.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 11% 75,190 (±0.6% / ±3,844.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

82.8% ±2.6% (20,644  ±1,226.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 89.8% 428,656 (±1.1% / ±5,237.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17.7% ±2% (4,421  ±544.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 30.8% 147,126 (±0.6% / ±2,955.3)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

10% ±1.5% (4,064  ±650) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7.6% 52,568
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

6.9% ±1.1% (2,012  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 6.7% 36,223 (±0.3% / ±1,646)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,012 Total veterans ±346 1,798 Male ±331 214 Female ±111

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