With 7,408 people, King is a city in North Carolina. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 23% of adults. The foreign-born share is 3%. The median age is 42.3, about 3 years above the US median. Growth has run 24% since 2000, or 1,456 more people. The typical home is worth $238,200, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,817, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
23% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about King
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants79.7% → 65.1%(−14.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$89,847 → $57,817(−36%)US over the same years: +14%
Population4,059 → 7,408(+83%)US over the same years: +35%
King's population equals 16% of Stokes County's. Its number of households without a car equals 6.7% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 31% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.5%(75)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.7%(100)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era48.3%(234)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.8%(23)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 484 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
King, decade by decade
King population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,059
$89,847
$168,965
11.3%
2.0
2000
5,952
$89,073
$202,022
18.1%
12.2
2010
6,904
$78,300
$203,845
18.5%
15.9
2020
7,197
$80,832
$198,532
24.7%
26.0
2024
7,408
$57,817
$238,200
22.8%
39.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
