Whitsett is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 604 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitsett is the 468th largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that Whitsett has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Whitsett telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.23% 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.

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

One downside of living in Whitsett, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.28 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small town, Whitsett doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of Whitsett are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.24% of adults in Whitsett having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Whitsett in 2022 was $45,488, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,952 for a family of four. However, Whitsett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Whitsett is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Whitsett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitsett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Whitsett also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.99% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whitsett include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Whitsett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.