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28659

21,557 Population
100.6 square miles 214.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 45.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,833 ±$2,178 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $27,866 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$49,578 ±$4,318 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $50,438 ±$3,044
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

18.5% ±4.2% (3,863  ±919) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.4% † 10,623 (±2.2% / ±1,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

25.3 minutes ±2.3 (205,890  ±28,305) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 26.8 696,010 (±1.4 / ±47,767)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

8,632 ±557 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 26,975 ±518
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.2 (21,009  ±1,340) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 2.4 65,003 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.3% ±2.1% (150  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.2% † 813 (±1.9% / ±250)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

9,647 ±534 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,744 ±33
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$151,700 ±$12,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $161,400 ±$7,996
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

4.1% ±1.1% (872  ±244.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 5.5% † 3,583 (±1.2% / ±781)
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

78.7% ±3.4% (11,813  ±898.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 81.9% 39,047 (±3.2% / ±1,554.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
17.5% ±2.8% (2,625  ±450.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% 7,949 (±1.6% / ±755)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.4% ±1.4% (1,163  ±305) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 3.3% 2,161
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

5.9% ±1.4% (991  ±243) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.4% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±385)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
991 Total veterans ±243 902 Male ±234 89 Female ±67

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