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Population (year 2000): 4,116. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,204 (+2.1% change)
Males: 2,045 (49.7%), Females: 2,071 (50.3%)
Wilkes County
Zip codes:
28659.
Median resident age: 36.3 years
Median household income: $22,813 (year 2000)
Median house value: $84,400 (year 2000)
Races in North Wilkesboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (72.3%)
- Black (13.9%)
- Hispanic (11.3%)
- Other race (4.3%)
- Two or more races (1.8%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (15.0%), English
(8.4%), German (6.8%), Irish (6.7%), Scotch-Irish (3.7%),
Italian (2.4%).
Elevation: 1016 feet
Land area: 5.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in North Wilkesboro
- High school or higher: 63.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
- Unemployed: 5.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in North Wilkesboro town
- Never married: 22.0%
- Now married: 48.6%
- Separated: 2.1%
- Widowed: 14.5%
- Divorced: 12.7%
9.1% Foreign born (7.9% Latin America, 1.2%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -147 (-3.4%).
Hospital/medical center in North Wilkesboro:
- WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (1370 WEST D
ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near North Wilkesboro:
- HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
ELKIN, NC)
- ALLEGHANY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles;
SPARTA, NC)
- ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; JEFFERSON,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
North Wilkesboro:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 35 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 65 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 69 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
Other public-use airports nearest to North Wilkesboro:
- WILKES COUNTY (about 6 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC;
ID: UKF)
- SWAN CREEK (about 20 miles; JONESVILLE, NC; ID: 78A)
- ASHE COUNTY (about 26 miles; JEFFERSON, NC; ID: GEV)
College/University in North Wilkesboro:
- WRMC SCHOOL RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY (Location:
1370 WEST D ST; Public)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
North Wilkesboro:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 58 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY (about 66 miles;
WINSTON-SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,508)
Public primary/middle schools in North Wilkesboro:
- NORTH WILKES MIDDLE (Students: 617; Location:
2776 YELLOW BANKS ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- C C WRIGHT ELEMENTARY (Students: 442;
Location: 200 CC WRIGHT SCHOOL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- MULBERRY ELEMENTARY (Students: 396; Location:
190 MULBERRY SCHOOL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- NORTH WILKESBORO ELEMENTARY (Students: 295;
Location: 200 FLINT HILL RD; Grades: PK - 05)
- UNION ELEMENTARY (Students: 282; Location:
164 UNION SCHOOL DR; Grades: PK - 05)
- FAIRPLAINS ELEMENTARY (Students: 225;
Location: 228 FAIRPLAINS SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
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