Siler City is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,087 people and four associated neighborhoods, Siler City is the 119th largest community in North Carolina.When you are in Siler City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.21% of Siler City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Siler City is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Siler City who work in maintenance occupations (9.00%), office and administrative support (7.85%), and sales jobs (7.43%). Being a small town, Siler City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Siler City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.83% of adults in Siler City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Siler City in 2022 was $25,668, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,672 for a family of four. However, Siler City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Siler City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.90% of its population below the federal poverty line.Siler City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Siler City 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 Siler City, accounting for 53.31% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Siler City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Siler City include English, German, Scottish, Irish, and French. Siler City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.17%. The most common language spoken in Siler City is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
