Whitakers is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 637 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitakers is the 456th largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.11% 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.

Whitakers 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 education level of Whitakers citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.75% of adults in Whitakers have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Whitakers in 2022 was $29,124, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,496 for a family of four. However, Whitakers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Whitakers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Russian.