Conway is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 708 people and two associated neighborhoods, Conway is the 439th largest community in North Carolina.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.48% 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.
In Conway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Conway 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.
The citizens of Conway are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.16% of adults in Conway having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Conway in 2022 was $22,441, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,764 for a family of four. However, Conway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Conway is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Conway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conway residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Conway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Conway include English, German, Irish, French, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Conway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.