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28644

1,433 Population
71.4 square miles 20.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.4 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$35,898 ±$10,490 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$52,798 ±$32,426 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

19.2% ±11.5% (275  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

31.5 minutes ±5.9 (19,670  ±8,883) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

735 ±140 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2 ±0.2 (1,433  ±318) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

6.3% ±11.6% (15  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

1,208 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$222,400 ±$35,665 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

9.6% ±10.7% (136  ±153.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.9% ±6.8% (889  ±202.5) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
41.3% ±11.5% (418  ±147) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

1.1% ±1.5% (16  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,463
  • about 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.5% ±4% (68  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
68 Total veterans ±52 68 Male ±52 N/A Female ±14

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