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Traphill, NC

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Overview


Traphill is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,454 people and just one neighborhood, Traphill is the 230th largest community in North Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Traphill is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.62% of the Traphill workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Traphill is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Traphill who work in sales jobs (11.30%), management occupations (8.98%), and office and administrative support (8.16%).

Of important note, Traphill is also a town of artists. Traphill has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Traphill’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Traphill 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. Traphill has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Traphill than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Traphill may be for you.

One downside of living in Traphill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.77 minutes every day commuting to work.

Traphill 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.

Demographics

In Traphill, just 6.42% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Traphill in 2022 was $23,453, 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 $93,812 for a family of four. However, Traphill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Traphill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Traphill residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Traphill include Irish, English, German, French, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Traphill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 38.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

People

The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.4% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.8% of America's neighborhoods.

Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.0% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Traphill are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 39.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.5% 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, 41.6% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.1%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.2%).

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 Traphill, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (5.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (5.4%), and residents who report German roots (2.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (81.0%) 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 (14.8%) . 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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