China Grove is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,516 people and two associated neighborhoods, China Grove is the 185th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, China Grove is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.51% of the China Grove workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, China Grove is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in China Grove who work in office and administrative support (15.80%), management occupations (7.80%), and maintenance occupations (6.93%). 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!) China Grove 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. China Grove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in China Grove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, China Grove may be for you. China Grove 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.The percentage of adults in China Grove with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.59% of adults in China Grove have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in China Grove in 2022 was $30,416, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,664 for a family of four. However, China Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. China Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call China Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of China Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. China Grove also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.69% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in China Grove include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish. Foreign born people are also an important part of China Grove's cultural character, accounting for 16.61% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in China Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
