West Jefferson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,341 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Jefferson is the 375th largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in West Jefferson telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.11% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 town 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, West Jefferson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Jefferson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.13 minutes getting to work every day.

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

The education level of West Jefferson citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.22% of adults in West Jefferson have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in West Jefferson in 2022 was $27,923, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,692 for a family of four. However, West Jefferson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

West Jefferson is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West Jefferson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Jefferson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Jefferson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.98% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Jefferson include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in West Jefferson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.