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, New London has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes New London a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, New London does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of New London are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.60% of adults in New London having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in New London in 2022 was $31,608, 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 $126,432 for a family of four. However, New London contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New London home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New London residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in New London include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in New London is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
