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!) Faison 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. Faison has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Faison than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Faison may be for you.
Being a small town, Faison does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Faison are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.32% of adults in Faison have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Faison in 2022 was $20,929, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,716 for a family of four. However, Faison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Faison is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Faison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Faison, accounting for 48.18% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Faison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Faison include English, German, Scottish, Eastern European, and Italian.
In addition, Faison has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.67%).
The most common language spoken in Faison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
