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28654

3,168 Population
61.4 square miles 51.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±5.7 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

$31,213 ±$3,789 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
$57,438 ±$18,430 Median household income
  • about 10 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

8.4% ±6.7% (265  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

30.3 minutes ±4.1 (43,375  ±15,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,259 ±307 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.5 ±0.8 (3,156  ±728) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

1,802 ±382 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$228,700 ±$21,907 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

1.1% ±1.4% (36  ±46.1) 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

84.5% ±26.4% (1,957  ±406) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
19.3% ±5.6% (447  ±165.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent 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

4.9% ±4.2% (155  ±137) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,463
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7.1% ±3.2% (183  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,211 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
183 Total veterans ±92 160 Male ±85 23 Female ±33

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