Linwood is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,496 people and just one neighborhood, Linwood is the 190th largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Linwood is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.36% of the Linwood workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Linwood is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Linwood who work in sales jobs (12.49%), office and administrative support (9.34%), and healthcare (7.72%).
Also of interest is that Linwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Linwood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Linwood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Linwood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Linwood may be for you.
Being a small town, Linwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Linwood overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Linwood, 22.32% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Linwood in 2022 was $33,595, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,380 for a family of four. However, Linwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Linwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Linwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Linwood include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Linwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Portuguese.
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 Linwood, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Linwood are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 63.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.5%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Linwood, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (11.4%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.2%), and residents who report English roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.8%) 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 (16.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.