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Population (year 2000): 3,159. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,204 (+1.4% change)
Males: 1,427 (45.2%), Females: 1,732 (54.8%)
Wilkes County
Zip code:
28697
Median resident age: 42.3 years
Median household income: $40,982 (year 2000)
Median house value: $112,500 (year 2000)
Races in Wilkesboro:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.7%)
- Black (9.8%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- Asian Indian (2.3%)
- Other race (1.3%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (15.3%), United States
(14.3%), Irish (10.1%), German (6.7%), Scotch-Irish (6.1%),
French (1.7%).
Elevation: 1042 feet
Land area: 5.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wilkesboro
- High school or higher: 81.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.7%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 13.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wilkesboro town
- Never married: 19.8%
- Now married: 55.0%
- Separated: 3.5%
- Widowed: 11.1%
- Divorced: 10.6%
7.2% Foreign born (3.2% Asia, 3.1% Latin
America).
Population change in the 1990s: -21 (-0.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wilkesboro:
- WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; NORTH
WILKESBORO, NC)
- HUGH CHATHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 24 miles;
ELKIN, NC)
- ALLEGHANY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles;
SPARTA, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wilkesboro:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 32 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- SMITH REYNOLDS (about 66 miles; WINSTON SALEM, NC;
ID: INT)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 67 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wilkesboro:
- WILKES COUNTY (about 8 miles; NORTH WILKESBORO, NC;
ID: UKF)
- SWAN CREEK (about 21 miles; JONESVILLE, NC; ID: 78A)
- ASHE COUNTY (about 26 miles; JEFFERSON, NC; ID: GEV)
College/University in Wilkesboro:
- WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 1,400; Location: 1328 SOUTH COLLEGIATE DR;
Public; Website: www.wilkes.cc.nc.us)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wilkesboro:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 33 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 56 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- ROWAN-CABARRUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles;
SALISBURY, NC; FT enrollment: 2,499)
- FORSYTH TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles;
WINSTON SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 3,271)
- WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; WINSTON
SALEM, NC; FT enrollment: 5,944)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 65
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
Public high school in Wilkesboro:
- WILKES CENTRAL HIGH (Students: 993; Location:
1179 MORAVIAN FALLS RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wilkesboro:
- WEST WILKES MIDDLE (Students: 539; Location:
1677 NORTH NC HWY 16; Grades: 06 - 08)
- WILKESBORO ELEMENTARY (Students: 429;
Location: 1248 SCHOOL ST; Grades: PK - 05)
- WILKES COUNTY CAREER CENTER (Location: 374
LINCOLN HEIGHTS RD; Grades: 06 - 12)
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