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28651

5,578 Population
84.2 square miles 66.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$29,909 ±$3,096 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
$61,623 ±$8,891 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

18.6% ±6% (1,024  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

25 minutes ±6.5 (59,975  ±10,921) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

2,315 ±270 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (5,578  ±750) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

7.3% ±6% (71  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,901 ±284 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$175,300 ±$22,738 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

3% ±1.9% (167  ±108) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

89.2% ±14.5% (3,827  ±420) 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)
14.5% ±3.7% (623  ±174.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • 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

2.9% ±2.3% (164  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,463
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

2.7% ±1.5% (126  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
126 Total veterans ±72 126 Male ±72 N/A Female ±19

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