Sophia is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 10,278 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sophia is the 97th largest community in North Carolina.Sophia is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sophia is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sophia who work in sales jobs (15.30%), office and administrative support (13.05%), and management occupations (9.70%). Also of interest is that Sophia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Sophia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.68% 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. 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, Sophia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sophia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The citizens of Sophia are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.49% of adults in Sophia having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sophia in 2022 was $33,522, 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 $134,088 for a family of four. However, Sophia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Sophia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sophia residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sophia include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Sophia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
