With 2,753 people, Wilson's Mills is a city in North Carolina. The population has more than doubled since 2000, adding 1,462 people. This skews young, with a median age of 29.0. Owners hold 87% of the housing stock. The poverty rate is 31.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 17% of adults.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $62,813, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 29.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 52%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wilson's Mills
What changed most since 2000
Hispanic share4.9% → 43.0%(+38.1 pts)US over the same years: +6.3 pts
White share70.6% → 33.6%(−37.1 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
Poverty rate9.8% → 31.9%(+22.1 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
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)28.2%(31)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)60%(66)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era21.8%(24)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 110 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
Wilson's Mills, decade by decade
Wilson's Mills 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
2000
1,291
$81,337
$159,395
10.6%
55.2
2010
2,277
$59,573
$153,352
9.7%
79.3
2020
2,534
$60,992
$198,653
17.7%
81.7
2024
2,753
$62,813
$241,800
16.7%
83.6
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.
