Whitsett is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 593 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitsett is the 468th largest community in North Carolina. Whitsett has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Whitsett, where the median household income is $66,625.00.Whitsett is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Whitsett is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitsett who work in office and administrative support (18.52%), sales jobs (10.29%), and food service (7.41%). Also of interest is that Whitsett has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, Whitsett has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Whitsett a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Whitsett does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Whitsett are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.34% of adults in Whitsett having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Whitsett in 2022 was $39,190, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,760 for a family of four. However, Whitsett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Whitsett is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Whitsett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitsett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Whitsett include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Whitsett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
