New London is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 625 people and two associated neighborhoods, New London is the 462nd largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, New London is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.20% of the New London workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, New London is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in New London who work in office and administrative support (15.64%), food service (9.22%), and sales jobs (7.54%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, New London has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New London a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. New London 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 population of New London 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 New London, 21.60% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in New London in 2022 was $31,608, 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 $126,432 for a family of four. However, New London contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call New London home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New London residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New London include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in New London is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
