Arapahoe is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 429 people and two associated neighborhoods, Arapahoe is the 503rd largest community in North Carolina.Arapahoe is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.03% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Arapahoe is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Arapahoe who work in sales jobs (22.46%), healthcare (13.90%), and management occupations (11.23%). Also of interest is that Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.20% 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, Arapahoe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Arapahoe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Arapahoe is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. Arapahoe 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 percentage of people in Arapahoe with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.51% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Arapahoe in 2022 was $31,572, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,288 for a family of four. However, Arapahoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Arapahoe is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arapahoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arapahoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Arapahoe include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Arapahoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
