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27360

49,510 Population
88.5 square miles 559.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,776 ±$1,740 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $37,543 ±$484
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$61,983 ±$2,539 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $65,975 ±$1,052
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

15.1% ±2.9% (7,368  ±1,419) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 13.5% 91,282 (±0.7% / ±4,421)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

23.2 minutes ±1.3 (477,370  ±40,017) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 24.4 6,765,895 (±0.3 / ±122,992)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

19,996 ±845 Number of households
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 281,596 ±1,403
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.1 (49,086  ±1,735) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 2.4 676,083 (±0 / ±629)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.4% ±2.2% (464  ±234) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 4.9% † 7,646 (±0.5% / ±824)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

21,615 ±848 Number of housing units
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 310,088 ±282
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$190,700 ±$7,666 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $233,300 ±$2,675
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8.5% ±1.9% (4,170  ±926.9) 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

84.8% ±3.1% (28,918  ±1,519.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 89.8% 428,656 (±1.1% / ±5,237.8)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17.1% ±1.8% (5,816  ±638.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

7.1% ±1.2% (3,512  ±603) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7.6% 52,568
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.4% ±1.3% (2,825  ±511) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 6.7% 36,223 (±0.3% / ±1,646)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
2,825 Total veterans ±511 2,614 Male ±486 211 Female ±127

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