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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.23% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Whitsett has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Whitsett a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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 population of Whitsett overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Whitsett, 23.24% have at least a bachelor's 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.