Leicester is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 17,996 people and four associated neighborhoods, Leicester is the 63rd largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Leicester was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Leicester economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Leicester, where the median household income is $68,619.00.Leicester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leicester is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leicester who work in office and administrative support (10.03%), sales jobs (9.68%), and management occupations (8.78%). Also of interest is that Leicester 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: 10.31% 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. 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!) Leicester 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. Leicester has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leicester than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leicester may be for you. One downside of living in Leicester, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.42 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Leicester doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Leicester who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.23% of adults in Leicester have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Leicester in 2022 was $32,574, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,296 for a family of four. However, Leicester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leicester is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Leicester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leicester residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Leicester include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Leicester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
