Lenoir is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 18,280 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Lenoir is the 56th largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that Lenoir has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.10% 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lenoir has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lenoir a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Lenoir is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Lenoir citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.21% of adults in Lenoir have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lenoir in 2022 was $29,565, 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 $118,260 for a family of four. However, Lenoir contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lenoir is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lenoir home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lenoir residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lenoir also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lenoir include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Lenoir is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.