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28697

13,412 Population
62.3 square miles 215.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.4 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

$29,097 ±$2,506 Per capita income
  • a little higher 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
$52,988 ±$10,298 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $51,721 ±$2,459
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14.6% ±4.2% (1,906  ±570) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.7% † 10,807 (±2% / ±1,312)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

22.6 minutes ±3.4 (123,660  ±24,474) 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)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

5,471 ±521 Number of households
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 27,107 ±553
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.3 (13,034  ±1,155) 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

5.2% ±4% (157  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 6.5% † 860 (±1.7% / ±225)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

6,158 ±519 Number of housing units
  • the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 31,836 ±43
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$218,500 ±$28,156 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: $168,800 ±$8,937
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

7.1% ±3.3% (943  ±442.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 4.6% † 3,031 (±1% / ±682.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87.7% ±5% (8,108  ±820.2) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
23.9% ±4.2% (2,207  ±433.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: 16.9% 8,063 (±1.6% / ±776.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.4% ±1.7% (589  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than 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% ±2% (739  ±217) 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)
739 Total veterans ±217 698 Male ±208 41 Female ±48

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