Wilson is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 48,579 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Wilson is the 22nd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wilson is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wilson is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilson who work in management occupations (11.28%), office and administrative support (9.78%), and sales jobs (9.59%). Also of interest is that Wilson has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.38% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Wilson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.51% of adults in Wilson have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wilson in 2022 was $31,704, 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 $126,816 for a family of four. However, Wilson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wilson is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wilson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Wilson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wilson include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wilson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
