Conover is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,571 people and four associated neighborhoods, Conover is the 110th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities, Conover isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Conover are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Conover is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Conover who work in office and administrative support (15.84%), management occupations (14.17%), and sales jobs (8.06%). It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Conover 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. Conover has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Conover than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Conover may be for you.The education level of Conover citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.94% of adults in Conover have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Conover in 2022 was $28,243, 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 $112,972 for a family of four. However, Conover contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Conover is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Conover home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conover residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Conover also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Conover include German, English, Irish, European, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Conover is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
