Fairplains vs North Wilkesboro

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

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

North Wilkesboro has the higher population (4,348 vs 1,876 in Fairplains). North Wilkesboro has the higher median household income ($39,288 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). North Wilkesboro has the higher median home value ($231,400 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
Population	1,876	4,348
Median age	49.0 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$39,288
Median home value	$134,300	$231,400
Median gross rent	$631	$659
Housing units	897	1,985
Homeownership rate	69.8%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	4,194 → 4,348 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$24,479 → $39,288 (+60.5%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$116,400 → $231,400 (+98.8%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	$607 → $659 (+8.6%)

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

North Wilkesboro

Population

4,1944,348

Median household income

$24,479$39,288

Median home value

$116,400$231,400

Median gross rent

$607$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
Under 5	6.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	10.1%
75 and over	6.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	69.5%
Black or African American	6.4%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
No high school diploma	29.0%	23.3%
High school graduate	29.1%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
Drove alone	92.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
1-unit, detached	57.9%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.1%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	North Wilkesboro
Poverty rate	32.4%	21.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1972	1965