Old Fort is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 833 people and two associated neighborhoods, Old Fort is the 428th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Old Fort isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Old Fort are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Old Fort is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Old Fort who work in office and administrative support (16.17%), healthcare suport services (14.85%), and management occupations (9.57%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.56% 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, Old Fort has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Old Fort a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Old Fort does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Old Fort overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Old Fort, 24.01% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Old Fort in 2022 was $27,842, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,368 for a family of four. However, Old Fort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Old Fort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Old Fort residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Old Fort include Irish, English, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Old Fort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
