Tabor City is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,545 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tabor City is the 213th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Tabor City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Tabor City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tabor City is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tabor City who work in maintenance occupations (11.98%), teaching (11.07%), and sales jobs (10.94%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.00% 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. Being a small town, Tabor City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Tabor City, just 8.66% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Tabor City in 2022 was $16,230, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,920 for a family of four. However, Tabor City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tabor City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 44.82% of its population below the federal poverty line.Tabor City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tabor City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tabor City residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Tabor City include Irish, English, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Tabor City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
