MulberryNC
A town of 2,037, settled in 1840.
Is Mulberry a good place to live?
The best of Mulberry’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for walkability. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Mulberry, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. On walkability, just 6 of North Carolina’s 450 towns do worse. Mulberry has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Mulberry for work
Where Mulberry’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mulberry grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Mulberry is from typical.
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Moving to Mulberry: who provides what
Mulberry is unincorporated, so Wilkes County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mulberry.
Mulberry’s schools rank ahead of 67% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Wilkes County Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 419 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mulberry’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Mulberry for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Mulberry fell to 94 in 2023, 46 fewer than in 2013. At $52,000, Mulberry’s median household income is below both the North Carolina town median ($69,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Mulberry | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $52,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 13% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Mulberry
Mulberry has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 28° and about 6 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Mulberry are less healthy than 65% of U.S. towns
Mulberry beats the North Carolina average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 31% of Mulberry adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Mulberry | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Mulberry | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 70.8% | 65.7% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Mulberry, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median rent in Mulberry is lower than in the typical North Carolina or U.S. town
Mulberry’s median rent is $604 a month.
| Mulberry | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $604 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 81% | 67% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mulberry
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mulberry
About 3 of every 100 Mulberry residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Mulberry
CDP in North Carolina, Wilkes
Mulberry is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,332 at the 2010 U.S. Census. The community was given its name by the first European pioneers to settle the area in the 1750s. These settlers called the region "Mulberry Fields", after the many mulberry trees in the area. Mulberry Creek, one of the largest streams in Wilkes County, takes its name from the community of Mulberry, and flows through the area.
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- Area
- 5.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,322 ft
Mulberry’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Mulberry.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Fairplains | — | — | A | — | B+ | D− |
Mulberry and Fairplains have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mulberry and Fairplains report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mulberry with a neighbor →
Questions about Mulberry
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mulberry, NC expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $172,000, 48% below the North Carolina typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.