Timberlake is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 12,079 people and two associated neighborhoods, Timberlake is the 82nd largest community in North Carolina. Timberlake has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Timberlake, where the median household income is $74,042.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Timberlake has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Timberlake a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Timberlake, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.18 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Timberlake 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 Timberlake 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 Timberlake, 22.58% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Timberlake in 2022 was $36,400, 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 $145,600 for a family of four. However, Timberlake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Timberlake is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Timberlake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Timberlake residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Timberlake include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Timberlake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.