St. Pauls 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 citizens of St. Pauls have a very low rate of college education: just 8.03% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in St. Pauls in 2022 was $20,294, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,176 for a family of four. However, St. Pauls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Pauls also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.89% of its population below the federal poverty line.
St. Pauls is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call St. Pauls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in St. Pauls, accounting for 35.43% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of St. Pauls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Pauls include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Lebanese, and Other Arab.
Foreign born people are also an important part of St. Pauls's cultural character, accounting for 19.86% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in St. Pauls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
