Mars Hill is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,107 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mars Hill is the 309th largest community in North Carolina. Mars Hill real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although Mars Hill house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Mars Hill is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mars Hill is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mars Hill who work in sales jobs (11.28%), management occupations (10.37%), and teaching (9.91%). Also of interest is that Mars Hill 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 Mars Hill telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.56% 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. Mars Hill is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Mars Hill to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. Mars Hill 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 education level of Mars Hill ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Mars Hill, 48.87% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Mars Hill in 2022 was $29,467, 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 $117,868 for a family of four. However, Mars Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Mars Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mars Hill residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mars Hill include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Mars Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
