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Mulberry, North Carolina.

A community in Wilkes County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Wilkes County’s.

Living in Mulberry, Wilkes County, North Carolina

Mulberry, in Wilkes County, had 2,275 people in the 2020 census. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Wilkes County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Wilkes County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 2,275 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Mulberry for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.7% Wilkes County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented
  • 912households
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What people in Wilkes County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Manufacturing17%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Building trades8%
  • Professional and business services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wilkes County had 18,897 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 27°; warmest in July, 87° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 27° F M A M J J 87° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 48° and 27°; warmest in July, 87° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 48° 27° F M A M J J 87° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 66°. About 6 inches of snow and 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the North Wilkesboro weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Wilkes County

  1. Wilkes County SchoolsSchool district1,218FTE
  2. Tyson FarmsPoultry processing1,159
  3. Wilkes Community CollegeTwo-year college693
  4. Wrmc Hospital OperatingGeneral hospital539FTE
  5. Tyson PoultryPoultry processing324
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters307
  7. EcmdHome centers, building materials279
  8. Jeld-WenWood window and door manufacturing196

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 48 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,649 people in all across the county; Mulberry has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mulberry’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Wilkes County.