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27893

38,512 Population
109 square miles 353.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$24,628 ±$1,595 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $31,996 ±$1,647
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$42,810 ±$3,145 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $56,423 ±$3,380
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

29% ±3.1% (10,840  ±1,211) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 19.8% 15,441 (±1.9% / ±1,471)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

20.1 minutes ±1.1 (270,635  ±23,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 22.5 706,815 (±0.7 / ±30,774)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

16,075 ±545 Number of households
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 33,068 ±423
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.1 (37,325  ±1,250) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 2.4 77,904 (±0 / ±19)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

3.2% ±1.6% (288  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 3.9% † 695 (±1.2% / ±215)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

18,578 ±483 Number of housing units
  • the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 37,053 ±46
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$158,600 ±$10,903 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: $186,000 ±$8,936
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

14.4% ±2.8% (5,521  ±1,084.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 11.6% † 9,108 (±1.7% / ±1,310.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

79.4% ±3.3% (19,999  ±1,049.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 85.3% 46,313 (±3% / ±1,649.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
15.2% ±1.7% (3,821  ±450.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 21.7% 11,799 (±1.5% / ±823.7)
  • about two-fifths of 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

7.9% ±1.3% (3,031  ±524) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6.1% 4,832
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.2% ±0.9% (1,487  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wilson, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,690 (±0.9% / ±524)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
1,487 Total veterans ±267 1,265 Male ±240 222 Female ±106

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