Mulberry vs Wilkesboro

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

Mulberry 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 2,134 in Mulberry). Mulberry has the higher median household income ($52,416 vs $41,175 in Wilkesboro). Wilkesboro has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $164,000 in Mulberry).

Population, income & housing

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
Population	2,134	3,664
Median age	47.7 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,416	$41,175
Median home value	$164,000	$197,600
Median gross rent	$608	$713
Housing units	980	1,828
Homeownership rate	73.6%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
Population	2,239 → 2,134 (-4.7%)	3,495 → 3,664 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$36,855 → $52,416 (+42.2%)	$38,136 → $41,175 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$160,100 → $164,000 (+2.4%)	$176,900 → $197,600 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $608 (-26.7%)	$622 → $713 (+14.6%)

Mulberry

Population

2,2392,134

Median household income

$36,855$52,416

Median home value

$160,100$164,000

Median gross rent

$829$608

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)

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
Under 5	8.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.9%
75 and over	19.3%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
No high school diploma	16.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.2%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
Drove alone	83.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
1-unit, detached	73.6%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	20.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	16.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Mulberry	Wilkesboro
Poverty rate	11.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1977	1981