Icard - Connelly Springs is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,207 people and just one neighborhood, Icard - Connelly Springs is the 152nd largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Icard - Connelly Springs isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Icard - Connelly Springs are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Icard - Connelly Springs is a town of service providers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Icard - Connelly Springs who work in maintenance occupations (10.97%), office and administrative support (8.02%), and healthcare (7.11%).
Also of interest is that Icard - Connelly Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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, Icard - Connelly Springs is worth considering.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Icard - Connelly Springs rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.43% of adults 25 and older in Icard - Connelly Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Icard - Connelly Springs in 2022 was $30,800, 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 $123,200 for a family of four. However, Icard - Connelly Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Icard - Connelly Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Icard - Connelly Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Icard - Connelly Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Icard - Connelly Springs include Irish, German, English, Polish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Icard - Connelly Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Icard - Connelly Springs, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Icard - Connelly Springs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 33.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.6%), and 14.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Icard - Connelly Springs, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report English roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.1%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.