Black Creek vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Black Creek and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilson has the higher population (47,740 vs 736 in Black Creek). Black Creek has the higher median household income ($50,625 vs $47,294 in Wilson). Wilson has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $112,100 in Black Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Black Creek	Wilson
Population	736	47,740
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$47,294
Median home value	$112,100	$192,000
Median gross rent	$950	$925
Housing units	352	22,358
Homeownership rate	65.8%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Creek	Wilson
Population	890 → 736 (-17.3%)	49,272 → 47,740 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $50,625 (+8.5%)	$42,036 → $47,294 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $112,100 (+29.6%)	$142,700 → $192,000 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $950 (+37.3%)	$762 → $925 (+21.4%)

Black Creek

Population

890736

Median household income

$46,667$50,625

Median home value

$86,500$112,100

Median gross rent

$692$950

Wilson

Population

49,27247,740

Median household income

$42,036$47,294

Median home value

$142,700$192,000

Median gross rent

$762$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Creek	Wilson
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	13.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.2%
75 and over	4.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Creek	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	35.2%
Black or African American	17.9%	48.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Creek	Wilson
No high school diploma	4.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	43.7%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Creek	Wilson
Drove alone	68.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	27.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Creek	Wilson
1-unit, detached	69.0%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Black Creek	Wilson
Poverty rate	16.7%	25.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	37	21
Median year structure built	1989	1983