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Rolesville, NC

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Overview


Rolesville is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 11,297 people and just one neighborhood, Rolesville is the 102nd largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Rolesville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Rolesville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Rolesville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Rolesville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $148,250.00.

Rolesville home prices are not only among the most expensive in North Carolina, but Rolesville real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Rolesville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rolesville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rolesville who work in management occupations (14.29%), sales jobs (14.10%), and computer science and math (10.52%).

Also of interest is that Rolesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Rolesville is also a town of artists. Rolesville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rolesville’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 28.32% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Rolesville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Rolesville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Rolesville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Rolesville’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Rolesville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.93 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Rolesville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Rolesville. 66.51% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Rolesville in 2022 was $51,228, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $204,912 for a family of four.

Rolesville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rolesville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rolesville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rolesville include German, English, Irish, African, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Rolesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

If you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the neighborhood. A whopping 69.1% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.9% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of North Carolina. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 11.9% have African ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Rolesville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 64.6% of America'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, 45.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (14.9%), and 9.8% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Rolesville, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (12.1%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (11.9%), and residents who report German roots (10.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.7%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (43.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (73.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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