Cricket vs Wilkesboro

A side-by-side comparison of Cricket and Wilkesboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Cricket and Wilkesboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilkesboro has the higher population (3,664 vs 2,512 in Cricket). Wilkesboro has the higher median household income ($41,175 vs $40,405 in Cricket). Wilkesboro has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $153,600 in Cricket).

Population, income & housing

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
Population	2,512	3,664
Median age	27.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$41,175
Median home value	$153,600	$197,600
Median gross rent	$829	$713
Housing units	920	1,828
Homeownership rate	45.4%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
Population	1,949 → 2,512 (+28.9%)	3,495 → 3,664 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$44,402 → $40,405 (-9.0%)	$38,136 → $41,175 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $153,600 (+54.2%)	$176,900 → $197,600 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $829 (+10.2%)	$622 → $713 (+14.6%)

Cricket

Population

1,9492,512

Median household income

$44,402$40,405

Median home value

$99,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$752$829

Wilkesboro

Population

3,4953,664

Median household income

$38,136$41,175

Median home value

$176,900$197,600

Median gross rent

$622$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
Under 5	6.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	16.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	7.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.9%
75 and over	6.0%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	80.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
No high school diploma	18.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	56.3%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
Drove alone	66.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	31.9%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
1-unit, detached	68.3%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	20.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cricket	Wilkesboro
Poverty rate	26.6%	18.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1971	1981