Carver is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 11,817 people and two associated neighborhoods, Carver is the 168th largest community in Massachusetts.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Carver is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Carver is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carver who work in management occupations (15.44%), office and administrative support (10.51%), and sales jobs (9.97%). A relatively large number of people in Carver telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.88% 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. Because of many things, Carver is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Carver really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Carver perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. 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!) Carver 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. Carver has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Carver than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Carver may be for you. In Carver, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.60 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Carver is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.87% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Carver in 2022 was $50,400, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $201,600 for a family of four. However, Carver contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Carver is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Carver home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carver residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Carver include Irish, English, Italian, Portuguese, and French. The most common language spoken in Carver is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Spanish.
