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. 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 one school is below. Public schools: the Wilkes County Schools. Mulberry’s only public school teaches 419 students.
| 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
Most of Mulberry’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The income of the median household for Mulberry comes to $52,000, below both the North Carolina town median ($69,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Most working residents leave Mulberry for work: only 2% work in town. The town had 94 jobs in 2023, down 46 from 2013. For Mulberry, the typical journey to work is 22 minutes.
| 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
The climate in Mulberry brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In Mulberry, the July high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Mulberry are less healthy than two in three U.S. towns
16% of Mulberry adults smoke cigarettes, above both North Carolina’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (14%). Against the North Carolina average, Mulberry comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 6. In Mulberry, 31% of 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
Compared with just over half of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is higher. 72% of Mulberry’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 8%. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2024.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median rent in Mulberry is lower than in the typical North Carolina or U.S. town
The share of households in Mulberry who are owner-occupiers: 81%.
| 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. That is 3.3 years of the area's median household income ($51,721 across the North Wilkesboro, NC area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.