Jefferson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,635 people and three associated neighborhoods, Jefferson is the 333rd largest community in North Carolina.Jefferson is a blue-collar town, with 35.74% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Jefferson is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jefferson who work in office and administrative support (15.18%), sales jobs (12.62%), and management occupations (10.21%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.38% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. 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, Jefferson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Jefferson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.20 minutes getting to work every day. Being a small town, Jefferson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Jefferson has a very low overall level of education: only 9.42% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. The per capita income in Jefferson in 2022 was $21,674, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,696 for a family of four. The people who call Jefferson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jefferson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jefferson include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Jefferson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
