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Kernersville, NC

27,177 Population
18.1 square miles 1,501.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,019 ±$2,170 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $34,160 ±$532
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $37,641 ±$188
$66,151 ±$4,542 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $60,145 ±$1,122
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $66,186 ±$380

12.2% ±3.1% (3,281  ±826) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 14.4% 95,444 (±0.7% / ±4,598)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,357,418 (±0.2% / ±16,053)

23 minutes ±1.3 (297,760  ±24,127) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 24.3 6,779,790 (±0.4 / ±128,155)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25 107,793,970 (±0.1 / ±494,298)

Families

11,953 ±501 Number of households
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 271,091 ±1,418
  • North Carolina: 4,105,232 ±9,448
2.3 ±0.1 (26,976  ±475) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 2.5 664,738 (±0 / ±190)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,194,060

5.3% ±2% (332  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 5% † 7,795 (±0.5% / ±770)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5% 124,491 (±0.1% / ±2,970)

Housing

12,641 ±495 Number of housing units
  • the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 303,193 ±154
  • North Carolina: 4,739,881 ±700

$241,800 ±$11,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: $193,800 ±$2,357
  • a little higher than the amount in North Carolina: $234,900 ±$736

15.2% ±2.6% (4,081  ±698) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 11.5% 76,978 (±0.6% / ±3,690.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.8% 1,427,662 (±0.1% / ±14,920.4)

Social

91.7% ±3.6% (17,140  ±,960.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 88.3% 412,731 (±1.1% / ±5,025.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.4% 6,413,973 (±0.3% / ±21,679.1)
35.7% ±2.8% (6,681  ±,594.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 28.4% 132,571 (±0.6% / ±2,881.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 33.9% 2,428,890 (±0.2% / ±13,343.2)

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

6.3% ±1.5% (1,701  ±411) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 7.1% 48,080
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 8.3% 867,946

7.3% ±1.1% (1,575  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Winston-Salem, NC Metro Area: 6.9% 36,612 (±0.3% / ±1,381)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.8% 632,989 (±0.1% / ±5,065)
1,575 Total veterans ±240 1,385 Male ±236 190 Female ±107

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