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Princeville, NC

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Overview


Princeville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,281 people and just one neighborhood, Princeville is the 379th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Princeville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Princeville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Princeville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Princeville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $49,583.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Princeville is a blue-collar town, with 47.83% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Princeville is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Princeville who work in healthcare suport services (13.69%), food service (10.79%), and maintenance occupations (6.44%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Princeville 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. Princeville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Princeville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Princeville may be for you.

Being a small town, Princeville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Princeville has a very low overall level of education: only 6.76% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Princeville in 2022 was $18,953, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,812 for a family of four. However, Princeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Princeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Princeville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Princeville include Guyanese, Nigerian, English, Russian, and African.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 48.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 98.6% of American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.4% of all neighborhoods in America, with 43.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

People

has the amazing distinction of housing more same sex couples living together than 97.8% of neighborhoods in the U.S. If you are seeking such a neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that this is one place that you should consider.

In addition, the neighborhood is unique for having just 5.7% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of America's neighborhoods.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Princeville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 40.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 89.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 48.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 21.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.8%), and 8.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Princeville, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (6.1%). There are also a number of people of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (4.0%), and residents who report African roots (1.7%).

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.1%) and 6.8% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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