Overall, Bakersville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Bakersville is worth considering.
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 16.75 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Bakersville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Bakersville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.05% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bakersville in 2022 was $38,353, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,412 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, German, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bakersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
