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.Whitakers is a blue-collar town, with 46.89% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Whitakers is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitakers who work in office and administrative support (13.40%), food service (10.53%), and management occupations (9.09%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.66% 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, Whitakers does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Whitakers are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.74% of adults in Whitakers have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Whitakers in 2022 was $23,240, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,960 for a family of four. However, Whitakers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Whitakers is a somewhat 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 German, Scots-Irish, Italian, English, and British. The most common language spoken in Whitakers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.