Households and housing in Winston-Salem
How big households are in Winston-Salem, NC, how many people live alone, how much of the housing stock sits vacant, when it was built and how many renters and owners spend more than 30% of income on housing.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B11001, B25002, B25010, B25035, B25070 and B25091.
This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.
How Winston-Salem lives.
Average household size: 2.40 people — U.S.: 2.54
Household types
- Family households: 58.4
- Living alone: 41.6
- Other non-family: 0
Housing cost burden
- Renters 30%+ of income: 46.1
- Owners 30%+ of income: 16.2
- U.S. renters 30%+: 46.9
Vacant housing units: 11.6% — U.S.: 10.4%
Average household size
- Winston-Salem: 2.4
- Forsyth County: 2.4
- NC: 2.5
- U.S.: 2.5
What it means
There are about 100,278 households here.
42% of them are someone living alone.
Half the housing stock was built before 1980 — the median year a structure here went up.
46% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent, compared with 47% nationally. Housing analysts call that cost-burdened.
16% of owners with a mortgage carry the same burden.
The vacancy rate runs 1.2 points above the national rate.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
- Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
- data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
- ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most
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