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, Candor has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Candor a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Candor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Candor with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.33% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Candor in 2022 was $21,801, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,204 for a family of four. However, Candor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Candor is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Candor 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 Candor, accounting for 34.08% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Candor residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Candor include English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, European, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Candor's cultural character, accounting for 19.26% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Candor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
