Middlesex is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 960 people and three associated neighborhoods, Middlesex is the 410th largest community in North Carolina.Middlesex is a blue-collar town, with 41.56% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Middlesex is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Middlesex who work in office and administrative support (17.88%), sales jobs (13.10%), and healthcare (6.30%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.76% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Middlesex has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Middlesex a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Middlesex does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Middlesex citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.53% of adults 25 and older in Middlesex have a college degree. The per capita income in Middlesex in 2022 was $29,068, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,272 for a family of four. However, Middlesex contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Middlesex is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Middlesex home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middlesex residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Middlesex also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.73% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Middlesex include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Middlesex is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
