Tobaccoville is a village in Forsyth and Stokes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 2,209 at the 2020 census. While a Tobaccoville post office was established in 1879, the village was not incorporated until 1991, as a defense against forced annexation of the area by the nearby city of King.
History
The Old Richmond Schoolhouse and Gymnasium was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Geography
Tobaccoville is located in northwestern Forsyth County. Small portions of the village limits extend north into Stokes County. The village is northwest of downtown Winston-Salem.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which , or 0.37%, is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Tobaccoville racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 1,555
| 60.35%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 771
| 29.91%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 3
| 0.12%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 16
| 0.62%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 114
| 4.42%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 118
| 4.58%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Tobaccoville had a population of 2,578. The median age was 45.8 years. 19.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.3 males age 18 and over.
There were 1,081 households in Tobaccoville, of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.0% were married-couple households, 16.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 22.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 762 families residing in the village.