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28635

2,669 Population
56.8 square miles 47 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,238 ±$6,207 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$44,901 ±$19,972 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14% ±6.6% (368  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25.5 minutes ±2.6 (30,470  ±11,577) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,249 ±283 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.1 ±0.3 (2,669  ±696) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,491 ±283 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$145,900 ±$38,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

1.3% ±1.6% (35  ±43.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.9% ±29.4% (1,867  ±397.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
9% ±4% (187  ±94.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

3.8% ±3.6% (101  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,463
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.8% ±3.5% (176  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
176 Total veterans ±90 176 Male ±90 N/A Female ±14

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