Magnolia is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 867 people and two associated neighborhoods, Magnolia is the 422nd largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Magnolia is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.05% of the Magnolia workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Magnolia is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Magnolia who work in farm management occupations (11.38%), personal care services (10.41%), and office and administrative support (8.96%). In addition, many people in Magnolia have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town. A relatively large number of people in Magnolia telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.11% 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, Magnolia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Magnolia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Magnolia 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 rate of college-level education in Magnolia is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.77% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Magnolia in 2022 was $18,281, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,124 for a family of four. However, Magnolia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Magnolia also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.31% of its population below the federal poverty line.Magnolia is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Magnolia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Magnolia, accounting for 47.07% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Magnolia residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Magnolia include Irish, European, German, English, and Scots-Irish. Magnolia also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.30%. The most common language spoken in Magnolia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
