Goldsboro is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 214 people and just one neighborhood, Goldsboro is the 267th largest community in Maryland. Goldsboro has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
When you are in Goldsboro, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 50.00% of Goldsboro’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Goldsboro is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Goldsboro who work in maintenance occupations (18.29%), farm management occupations (8.54%), and sales jobs (7.32%).
Another important characteristic of Goldsboro is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
One downside of living in Goldsboro, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.89 minutes every day commuting to work.
Goldsboro 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.
Goldsboro ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.67% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Goldsboro in 2022 was $16,141, which is low income relative to Maryland and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,564 for a family of four. Goldsboro also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 44.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Goldsboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Goldsboro 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 Goldsboro, accounting for 47.39% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Goldsboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Goldsboro include Irish, German, Scottish, Polish, and Greek.
Goldsboro also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.17%.
The most common language spoken in Goldsboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Goldsboro are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 49.4% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 30.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.2%), and 15.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
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 63.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Goldsboro, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (7.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (4.0%), and residents who report English roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (2.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.2%), among others. In addition, 23.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (75.8%) 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 (12.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.