Bunn is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 374 people and just one neighborhood, Bunn is the 525th largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bunn is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bunn is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bunn who work in management occupations (20.91%), office and administrative support (20.45%), and sales jobs (14.09%).
Of important note, Bunn is also a town of artists. Bunn has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bunn’s character.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.97% 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bunn has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bunn has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bunn than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bunn may be for you.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Bunn rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.96% of adults 25 and older in Bunn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Bunn in 2022 was $27,035, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,140 for a family of four. However, Bunn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bunn is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bunn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bunn residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bunn include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Bunn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Of particular note, 13.7% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.2% of all neighborhoods in America, with 36.3% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry.
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 Bunn are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.2% 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, 31.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.8%), and 17.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 78.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bunn, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (21.2%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (7.5%), and residents who report English roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.0%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (33.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.0%) 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 (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.