Nebo is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,790 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nebo is the 317th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nebo is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.47% of the Nebo workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nebo is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Nebo who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (17.36%), maintenance occupations (8.14%), and computer science and math (5.38%). Also of interest is that Nebo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nebo has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nebo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nebo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nebo may be for you. Nebo 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.In Nebo, just 12.05% 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 Nebo in 2022 was $22,594, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,376 for a family of four. The people who call Nebo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nebo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nebo include English, European, Scots-Irish, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Nebo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
