Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Calabash is worth considering.
Calabash is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
Calabash is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Calabash is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.07% of adults 25 and older in Calabash have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Calabash in 2022 was $27,818, 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 $111,272 for a family of four. However, Calabash contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Calabash is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Calabash home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Calabash residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Calabash also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.44% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Calabash include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Calabash is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
