200px|right|thumb|The [[Jesse Helms Center, which honors the late U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, who served from 1973 to 2003, is located next to the Wingate Town Hall.]]
Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Wingate had a population of 4,055.
History
The Wingate Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is named for Washington Manly Wingate.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Wingate is drained by tributaries to Richardson Creek, including Rays Fork and Meadow Branch.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Wingate had a population of 4,055. The median age was 21.5 years. 15.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 9.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 78.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 76.2 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 915 households in Wingate, and 693 were family households.
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 1,924
| 47.45%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 1,315
| 32.43%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 8
| 0.2%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 61
| 1.5%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 2
| 0.05%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 195
| 4.81%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 550
| 13.56%
|}
The town is known mainly for Wingate University and the Jesse Helms Center, K-Ci & JoJo and Walter Collin Burleson.
2000 census
As of the census