Icard - Connelly Springs is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,180 people and just one neighborhood, Icard - Connelly Springs is the 152nd largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Icard - Connelly Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.12% of the Icard - Connelly Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Icard - Connelly Springs is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Icard - Connelly Springs who work in office and administrative support (10.60%), sales jobs (8.75%), and maintenance occupations (7.39%).
Also of interest is that Icard - Connelly Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Icard - Connelly Springs is worth considering.
In Icard - Connelly Springs, just 11.66% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Icard - Connelly Springs in 2022 was $30,784, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,136 for a family of four. However, Icard - Connelly Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Icard - Connelly Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Icard - Connelly Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Icard - Connelly Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Icard - Connelly Springs include Irish, English, German, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Icard - Connelly Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Miao/Hmong and Spanish.
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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 Icard - Connelly Springs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.1% 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, 37.1% 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 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 16.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.3%).
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 Icard - Connelly Springs, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report German roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.1%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (2.6%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (12.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.