Zebulon is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 9,401 people and six associated neighborhoods, Zebulon is the 130th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Zebulon is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Zebulon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Zebulon who work in office and administrative support (12.37%), management occupations (10.21%), and sales jobs (7.37%). Also of interest is that Zebulon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, Zebulon is also a town of artists. Zebulon has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Zebulon’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 21.22% 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. One downside of living in Zebulon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Zebulon, the average commute to work is 32.47 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Zebulon 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 population of Zebulon 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 Zebulon, 23.99% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Zebulon in 2022 was $28,568, 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 $114,272 for a family of four. However, Zebulon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Zebulon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Zebulon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Zebulon residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Zebulon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.70% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Zebulon include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. Zebulon also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.57%. The most common language spoken in Zebulon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
