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!) Catawba 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. Catawba has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Catawba than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Catawba may be for you.
One downside of living in Catawba, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.62 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Catawba doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Catawba with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.06% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
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.
