Wallace, North Carolina demographics

Wallace, NC demographics: median age 43.6; 11.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Wallace town, North Carolina · Incorporated town · GEOID 3770720. The survey estimates a population of 3,457 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Wallace is 43.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 6.3 years. There are 1,697 households (±249). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	43.6 ±6.3	39.1 ±0.2	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,457
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Under 18	725 ±248	21.0% ±7.2 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	531 ±224	15.4% ±6.5 pp	22.9%	22.8%
35–64	1,659 ±327	48.0% ±9.5 pp	38.2%	38.0%
65 and older	542 ±176	15.7% ±5.1 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,457
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Male	1,273 ±170	36.8% ±4.9 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	2,184 ±165	63.2% ±4.8 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,457
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
White alone	1,533 ±341	44.3% ±9.9 pp	61.8%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	942 ±291	27.2% ±8.4 pp	20.3%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.9%
Asian alone	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	3.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	39 ±61 · low precision	1.1% ±1.8 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	456 ±323 · low precision	13.2% ±9.3 pp · low precision	5.2%	7.1%
Two or more races	487 ±328 · low precision	14.1% ±9.5 pp · low precision	8.3%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,457
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	2,621 ±314	75.8% ±9.1 pp	88.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	836 ±313	24.2% ±9.1 pp	11.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,697
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Married-couple family	496 ±178	29.2% ±9.6 pp	47.2%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	76 ±84 · low precision	4.5% ±4.9 pp · low precision	4.6%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	295 ±166 · low precision	17.4% ±9.4 pp · low precision	12.5%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	564 ±263	33.2% ±14.7 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	266 ±122	15.7% ±6.8 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,697
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Households with people under 18	460 ±158	27.1% ±8.4 pp	29.1%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	1,237 ±366	72.9% ±18.7 pp	70.9%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,697
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	564 ±263	33.2% ±14.7 pp	29.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	673 ±209	39.7% ±10.9 pp	35.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	117 ±106 · low precision	6.9% ±6.2 pp · low precision	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	140 ±128 · low precision	8.2% ±7.4 pp · low precision	11.8%	12.6%
Five-person households	168 ±134 · low precision	9.9% ±7.7 pp · low precision	5.0%	5.9%
Six-person households	0 ±20 · low precision	0.0% ±1.2 pp · low precision	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	35 ±59 · low precision	2.1% ±3.4 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,457
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Native	3,062 ±239	88.6% ±6.9 pp	90.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	395 ±237 · low precision	11.4% ±6.9 pp · low precision	9.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 3,398
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
English only	2,700 ±318	79.5% ±9.2 pp	86.5%	77.7%
Spanish	690 ±300	20.3% ±8.8 pp	8.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	8 ±14 · low precision	0.2% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.4%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.9%	1.1%
Arabic	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 2,367
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	626 ±237	26.4% ±9.3 pp	9.9%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	893 ±271	37.7% ±10.1 pp	24.8%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	436 ±166	18.4% ±6.5 pp	19.6%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	139 ±56	5.9% ±2.2 pp	10.1%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	178 ±116 · low precision	7.5% ±4.8 pp · low precision	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	95 ±88 · low precision	4.0% ±3.7 pp · low precision	13.5%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 3,434
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	North Carolina	U.S.
Same house	3,023 ±289	88.0% ±8.4 pp	87.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	215 ±187 · low precision	6.3% ±5.4 pp · low precision	5.5%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	196 ±169 · low precision	5.7% ±4.9 pp · low precision	3.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	0 ±14 · low precision	0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

15.0% of Wallace residents (±7.4 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 9.9% in North Carolina and 8.4% nationally. 86.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Wallace	North Carolina	U.S.	Compared with North Carolina
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	15.0% ±7.4 pp	9.9%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	86.7% ±3.1 pp	90.1%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	12.3% ±4.9 pp	7.4%	6.2%	Higher

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Wallace . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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