Snow Camp is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,798 people and just one neighborhood, Snow Camp is the 225th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Snow Camp, 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 Snow Camp, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Snow Camp’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Snow Camp does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $61,218.00.
When you are in Snow Camp, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.20% of Snow Camp’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Snow Camp is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Snow Camp who work in management occupations (9.31%), business and financial occupations (7.44%), and office and administrative support (6.59%).
A relatively large number of people in Snow Camp telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.46% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Because of many things, Snow Camp is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Snow Camp 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, Snow Camp has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Snow Camp’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Snow Camp, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.65 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Snow Camp does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Snow Camp is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.53% of adults 25 and older in Snow Camp have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Snow Camp in 2022 was $32,602, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,408 for a family of four. However, Snow Camp contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Snow Camp is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Snow Camp home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Snow Camp residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Snow Camp also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.27% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Snow Camp include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Snow Camp is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.9% of all neighborhoods in America, with 35.6% 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.
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 6.7% 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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 95.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
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 Snow Camp are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 24.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 75.5% 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, 40.2% 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 33.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian and French.
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 Snow Camp, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.7%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.6%), 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 (44.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (9.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.