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, Catawba is worth considering.
One downside of living in Catawba is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Catawba, the average commute to work is 30.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Catawba 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.
In Catawba, just 11.06% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Catawba in 2022 was $31,543, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,172 for a family of four. However, Catawba contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Catawba is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Catawba home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Catawba residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Catawba include German, English, African, Welsh, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Catawba is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
