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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Winston-Salem area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 1) (63.6%). This table ranks 95 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 1)63.6%
2Winston-Salem city (northeast 2)58.2%
3Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 2)51.4%
4Winston-Salem city (east 3)49.3%
5Winston-Salem city (north-northeast 1)47.8%
6Winston-Salem city (north-northwest 3)45.5%
7Winston-Salem city (northwest 2)45.2%
8Winston-Salem city (north-northeast 2)44.8%
9Winston-Salem city (northeast 3)40%
10Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 6)39.5%
11Winston-Salem city (northeast 1)38.3%
12Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 5)38%
13Winston-Salem city (north 4)30.9%
14Winston-Salem city (east-northeast 1)29.7%
15Winston-Salem city (north-northeast 3)29.3%
16Kernersville town (northeast)29%
17Winston-Salem city (north-northwest 1)28.3%
18Winston-Salem city (east 6)24.9%
19Winston-Salem city (southeast 3)24.9%
20Winston-Salem city (southeast 1)24.5%
21Winston-Salem city (south-southeast 2)24.4%
22Winston-Salem city (north 3)23.4%
23Winston-Salem city (southeast 5)22.2%
24Winston-Salem city (south-southeast 3)22%
25Winston-Salem city (southeast 2)21.5%
26Winston-Salem city (north-northwest 2)20.4%
27Winston-Salem city (northwest 5)20.2%
28Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 3)20.1%
29Winston-Salem city (east-southeast 4)19.2%
30Winston-Salem city (west-southwest 1)18.9%
31Winston-Salem city (north 2)18.6%
32Winston-Salem city (southwest 2)18.2%
33Winston-Salem city (east-northeast 2)16.3%
34Winston-Salem city (south-southwest 1)15.9%
35Winston-Salem city (east 1)15.6%
36Winston-Salem city (south 4)15.6%
37Winston-Salem city (north 1)14.9%
38Walkertown town (south)14.6%
39Winston-Salem city (north-northwest 4)14.6%
40Winston-Salem city (south-southwest 2)14%
41Winston-Salem city (southwest 3)14%
42Winston-Salem city (south-southeast 1)13.4%
43Walkertown town (northwest)13.3%
44Lewisville town (southeast)12.8%
45Winston-Salem city (northeast 4)12.5%
46Kernersville town (southeast 2)12.4%
47Clemmons village (southeast)12.1%
48Rural Hall town (east)12.1%
49Winston-Salem city (northwest 4)12.1%
50Kernersville town (north-northeast)11.9%
51Winston-Salem city (southwest 1)11.8%
52Walkertown town (north)11.2%
53Winston-Salem city (southeast 4)11.1%
54Lewisville town (south-southwest)10.8%
55Lewisville town (north)10.5%
56Winston-Salem city (south 3)10.2%
57Clemmons village (east-northeast)10.1%
58Tobaccoville village (east)10%
59Winston-Salem city (west-northwest 1)9.8%
60Kernersville town (southwest)9.4%
61Winston-Salem city (east 5)9.3%
62Winston-Salem city (south 1)9.2%
63Winston-Salem city (east 4)9%
64Winston-Salem city (west-northwest 4)8.9%
65Walkertown town (south-southwest)8.8%
66Winston-Salem city (east 2)7.8%
67Clemmons village (northwest)7.7%
68High Point city7.6%
69Clemmons village (south-southwest)7.4%
70Winston-Salem city (northwest 3)7.2%
71Unincorporated6.7%
72Kernersville town (south)6.5%
73Winston-Salem city (south-southwest 3)6.5%
74Winston-Salem city (west-southwest 3)6.4%
75Kernersville town (northwest)6%
76Rural Hall town (west)6%
77Winston-Salem city (west 2)5.9%
78Winston-Salem city (west-northwest 2)5.9%
79Kernersville town (west)5.4%
80Clemmons village (north)5.2%
81Kernersville town (southeast 1)5.1%
82Tobaccoville village (west)5%
83Winston-Salem city (west-southwest 2)4.8%
84Lewisville town (west-southwest)4.7%
85Winston-Salem city (northwest 1)4.3%
86Winston-Salem city (west-southwest 4)3.8%
87Kernersville town (north-northwest)3.6%
88Winston-Salem city (west 4)3.3%
89Winston-Salem city (south 2)3.1%
90Winston-Salem city (west 5)3%
91Winston-Salem city (west 1)2.7%
92Walkertown town (east-northeast)2.3%
93Winston-Salem city (west 3)1.6%
94Lewisville town (northeast)1.3%
95Winston-Salem city (west-northwest 3)0.8%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.