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28649

1,355 Population
35.5 square miles 38.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±18.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$21,735 ±$2,910 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$47,016 ±$39,946 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

5.7% ±7.6% (77  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

54.8 minutes ±32 (31,355  ±22,876) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • more than double the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

428 ±171 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
3.2 ±1.7 (1,355  ±479) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

9.1% ±12.1% (19  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

558 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$122,100 ±$21,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about two-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

4.1% ±4.8% (54  ±66.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

69.2% ±34.8% (697  ±234) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17.6% ±9.4% (177  ±115.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.1% ±9.3% (121  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
121 Total veterans ±110 121 Male ±110 N/A Female ±14

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