Wingate is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,517 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wingate is the 203rd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Wingate isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wingate are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wingate is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wingate who work in food service (16.65%), teaching (14.31%), and business and financial occupations (10.15%). A relatively large number of people in Wingate telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.96% 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. Wingate is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Wingate to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy. Wingate 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 Wingate citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.92% of adults in Wingate have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Wingate in 2022 was $17,587, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,348 for a family of four. However, Wingate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.88% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wingate include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian. In addition, Wingate has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.23%). The most common language spoken in Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
