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28659

21,422 Population
100.6 square miles 212.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,821 ±$1,939 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,947 ±$1,144
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$50,280 ±$3,355 Median household income
  • a little less than 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

19.2% ±4.1% (3,959  ±875) 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)

23.6 minutes ±2.6 (191,340  ±27,697) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 25.9 667,500 (±1.6 / ±49,117)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

8,869 ±513 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.2 (20,847  ±1,196) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 64,944 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

4.2% ±2.4% (184  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

9,922 ±513 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$159,300 ±$12,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

3.7% ±1.1% (787  ±244.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent 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

77.3% ±3.9% (11,738  ±925.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.7% 39,024 (±3.2% / ±1,550.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
17.7% ±2.9% (2,692  ±474) 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

5.2% ±1.5% (1,112  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.7% 2,463
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

5.3% ±1.2% (899  ±214) 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)
899 Total veterans ±214 829 Male ±207 70 Female ±71

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