The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bailey has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bailey a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Bailey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Bailey are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.38% of adults in Bailey have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Bailey in 2022 was $28,234, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,936 for a family of four. However, Bailey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bailey is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bailey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bailey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bailey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.52% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bailey include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Welsh.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bailey's cultural character, accounting for 15.25% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Bailey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
