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Whispering Pines is a very small village located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,237 people and just one neighborhood, Whispering Pines is the 158th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Whispering Pines, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Whispering Pines, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Whispering Pines’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Whispering Pines does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $105,707.00.
Whispering Pines home prices are not only among the most expensive in North Carolina, but Whispering Pines real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Occupations and Workforce
Whispering Pines is a military town: the armed forces employs 14.70% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Professional, scientific, and technical services are important in the local economy and are the village’s largest civilian employers, employing 18.30% and 16.63% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Also of interest is that Whispering Pines has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Whispering Pines telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.02% 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
Whispering Pines is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Whispering Pines’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
One downside of living in Whispering Pines, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.90 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small village, Whispering Pines does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Demographics
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Whispering Pines, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Whispering Pines is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.94% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Whispering Pines in 2022 was $41,538, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,152 for a family of four. However, Whispering Pines contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whispering Pines is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Whispering Pines home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whispering Pines residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Whispering Pines also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.81% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whispering Pines include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Whispering Pines is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 Whispering Pines, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Occupations
With 12.6% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 99.6% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
People
According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in North Carolina. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 98.2% of neighborhoods in the entire state of North Carolina. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students and highly educated executives.
In addition, priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 72.7% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.8% have Welsh ancestry.
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 Whispering Pines are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.1% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 53.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (18.1%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish and Chinese.
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 Whispering Pines, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report English roots (16.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 (29.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (5.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
