Seaboard is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 507 people and just one neighborhood, Seaboard is the 479th largest community in North Carolina.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Seaboard is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.04% of the Seaboard workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Seaboard is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seaboard who work in maintenance occupations (16.03%), law enforcement and fire fighting (14.35%), and healthcare suport services (6.75%).
One downside of living in Seaboard is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Seaboard, the average commute to work is 30.71 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Seaboard doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Seaboard, just 7.65% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Seaboard in 2022 was $21,077, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,308 for a family of four. Seaboard also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.94% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Seaboard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Seaboard home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seaboard residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Seaboard include English, German, French, Scots-Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Seaboard is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
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 Seaboard, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The types of households in a neighborhood can tell a lot about the character and lifestyle of those living here. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood, above nearly every neighborhood in America, has a greater percentage of its residents living alone: 53.1%. This is a higher percent living alone than we found in 96.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Often residents who live alone are new arrivals to an area who are single, and often senior citizens who have lost a spouse.
There are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (62.0%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Seaboard are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 83.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% 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 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (25.5%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.7%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Seaboard, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (6.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (4.1%).
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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.1%) 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 (6.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.