Wilkesboro is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,620 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wilkesboro is the 220th largest community in North Carolina.

One of the benefits of Wilkesboro is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.22 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The citizens of Wilkesboro are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.53% of adults in Wilkesboro having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wilkesboro in 2022 was $30,058, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,232 for a family of four. However, Wilkesboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wilkesboro is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wilkesboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilkesboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wilkesboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.26% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wilkesboro include English, Italian, German, Scottish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Wilkesboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Persian.