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Belews Creek, NC

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Overview


Belews Creek is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,305 people and just one neighborhood, Belews Creek is the 245th largest community in North Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Belews Creek isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Belews Creek are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belews Creek is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belews Creek who work in management occupations (11.28%), sales jobs (11.03%), and office and administrative support (9.30%).

A relatively large number of people in Belews Creek telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.60% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Belews Creek is worth considering.

One downside of living in Belews Creek, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.71 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Belews Creek doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The overall education level of Belews Creek is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.75% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Belews Creek in 2022 was $38,415, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,660 for a family of four. However, Belews Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Belews Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Belews Creek, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.7% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 1.2% have Finnish ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Belews Creek are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 52.9% 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, 34.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.9%), and 11.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Belews Creek, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (24.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report German roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.8%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (38.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.9%) 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 (15.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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