Elevation: 912 feet

County: Forsyth

Land area: 108.9 square miles

Zip code: 27104

Median resident age: 34.6 years
Median household income: $37,006
Median house value: $174,000

Races in Winston-Salem:

Ancestries: English (9.6%), German (9.2%), United States (7.5%), Irish (5.9%), Scotch-Irish (2.6%), Scottish (2.0%).

For population 25 years and over in Winston-Salem

• High school or higher: 80.2%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 11.0%
• Unemployed: 5.7%
• Mean travel time to work: 19.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Winston-Salem city

• Never married: 31.0%
• Now married: 47.8%
• Separated: 3.3%
• Widowed: 7.6%
• Divorced: 10.4%

8.3% Foreign born (6.1% Latin America, 0.9% Asia).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (30.3 miles, pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (442.9 miles, pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Walkertown, NC (7.5 miles), Bethania, NC (7.6 miles), Rural Hall, NC (9.2 miles), Clemmons, NC (10.2 miles), Lewisville, NC (10.7 miles), Tobaccoville, NC (11.3 miles), Kernersville, NC (12.3 miles), King, NC (13.4 miles).

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (25.6%), Manufacturing (15.6%), Retail trade (10.4%).