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Winston-Salem city, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Winston-Salem city is a Census city of 252,037 people across 133.69 square miles of land, in Forsyth County. Median household income is $59,268, 55.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 174 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $139.0 m.
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Winston-Salem
What Winston-Salem is
- Census place typecity
- Land area133.69 sq mi
- Water area1.21 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,885
- County holding the largest share of its areaForsyth County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Winston-Salem
How many people live in Winston-Salem
- Population252,037
- Median age35.9
- Population under 1857,894
- Share under 1823.0 percent
- Population 65 and over38,688
- Share 65 and over15.4 percent
- Households103,058
- Family households60,010
- Share of households that are families58.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Winston-Salem
Income and work in Winston-Salem
- Median household income$59,268
- Per capita income$37,345
- Civilian labor force123,259
- Employed116,265
- Unemployed6,994
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over164,452
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Winston-Salem
Housing in Winston-Salem
- Housing units115,270
- Occupied units103,058
- Vacant units12,212
- Vacancy rate10.6 percent
- Owner occupied57,291
- Renter occupied45,767
- Ownership rate55.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$233,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,087
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.0 percent
- Single family units76,380
- Share single family66.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more36,514
- Share in buildings of two or more31.7 percent
- Mobile homes2,360
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Winston-Salem
How Winston-Salem gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute98,590
- Commuting under 15 minutes32,481
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more21,382
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more21.7 percent
- Drove alone71.7 percent
- Carpooled9.5 percent
- Public transport1.1 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.0 percent
- Worked from home14.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Winston-Salem
SBA 7(a) lending to Winston-Salem borrowers
- Approvals174
- Gross approval$138,973,900
- Average approval$798,701
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,592,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,615
- Jobs per approval15.0
- Loans with a final outcome30
- Paid in full28
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans6.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.9 percent
- Share to franchises27.0 percent
- Distinct lenders53
- Distinct industries by NAICS95
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Winston-Salem
SBA 504 lending to Winston-Salem borrowers
- Approvals29
- Gross approval$20,525,000
- Average approval$707,759
- Median approval$471,000
- Largest approval$3,829,000
- Jobs supported326
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Winston-Salem
Flood programme status in Winston-Salem
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 8
- NFIP community number375360
- Currently effective map date08/18/09
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Forsyth County, not Winston-Salem
Forsyth County context, not Winston-Salem figures
These are Forsyth County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Winston-Salem measurements.
- Establishments in Forsyth County9,141
- Employment at those establishments, Forsyth County190,157
- Covered employment, Forsyth County192,587
- Average annual pay, Forsyth County$66,257
- Average weekly wage, Forsyth County$1,274
- Housing units permitted, Forsyth County3,846
- Of those, single family, Forsyth County2,540
- County product, 2024, Forsyth County$34,372,878,000
- County product change over the prior year, Forsyth County3.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Forsyth County$65,470
Every figure in this section is published for Forsyth County as a whole and is not a measurement of Winston-Salem. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Winston-Salem questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina?
252,037, in 103,058 households. Winston-Salem city covers 133.69 square miles of land, which is 1,885 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Winston-Salem in?
Forsyth County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Winston-Salem?
$59,268. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $233,800. Median gross rent is $1,087 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Winston-Salem businesses?
174 7(a) approvals totalling $139.0 m, across 53 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 29 504 approvals worth $20.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Winston-Salem, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Winston-Salem borrowers get paid back?
Of the 30 loans that have reached a final outcome, 28 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 6.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Winston-Salem in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Winston-Salem appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 375360, carrying Community Rating System class 8, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Winston-Salem figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Forsyth County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Winston-Salem.
Is zoning published for Winston-Salem?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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