Stokes is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 357 people and just one neighborhood, Stokes is the 517th largest community in North Carolina.
Stokes is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Stokes is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Stokes who work in maintenance occupations (51.55%), office and administrative support (19.59%), and healthcare (12.37%).
The overall crime rate in Stokes is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Stokes is worth considering.
One downside of living in Stokes is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Stokes, the average commute to work is 33.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Stokes is a small town, 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 Stokes citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.67% of adults 25 and older in Stokes have a college degree.
The per capita income in Stokes in 2022 was $26,159, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,636 for a family of four.
Stokes is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stokes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stokes residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Stokes include Irish, English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Stokes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Russian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 17.9% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
In addition, of note, 61.6% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Yugoslav ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 0.4% have Yugoslav ancestry.
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 Stokes are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 61.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 97.2% 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, 35.6% 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 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (20.1%), and 14.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 82.8% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (15.9%).
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 Stokes, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (18.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.