Bakersville’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Bakersville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bakersville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bakersville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.11 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Bakersville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Bakersville have a very low rate of college education: just 8.32% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Bakersville in 2022 was $33,834, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,336 for a family of four. However, Bakersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bakersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bakersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bakersville include Scots-Irish, English, Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bakersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
