Roseboro is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,148 people and just one neighborhood, Roseboro is the 388th largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Roseboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.53% of the Roseboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Roseboro is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Roseboro who work in sales jobs (15.19%), food service (12.89%), and healthcare (8.60%).
One downside of living in Roseboro is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Roseboro, the average commute to work is 30.60 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Roseboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Roseboro who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.19% of the adults in Roseboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Roseboro in 2022 was $23,198, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,792 for a family of four. However, Roseboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Roseboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Roseboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roseboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Roseboro also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.44% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Roseboro include Dutch, English, Scottish, British, and French.
The most common language spoken in Roseboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Roseboro, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 44.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.1% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 35.1% 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.
In addition, one of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Roseboro are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 73.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 16.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 29.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (21.8%), and 19.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 86.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (13.7%).
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 Roseboro, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (4.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.5%), and residents who report Scottish roots (2.8%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (1.4%).
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (27.6% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (88.1%) 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 (7.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.