Wingate is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Wingate area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Wingate maintain a good economy.
Being a small town, Wingate does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Wingate is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.63% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Wingate in 2022 was $18,518, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,072 for a family of four. However, Wingate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.04% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wingate include English, Scots-Irish, German, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
