East Bend is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 637 people and two associated neighborhoods, East Bend is the 453rd largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that East Bend has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in East Bend telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.29% 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.

Because of many things, East Bend is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, East Bend really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is East Bend perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in East Bend is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In East Bend, the average commute to work is 34.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, East Bend does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of East Bend are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.95% of adults in East Bend have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in East Bend in 2022 was $32,674, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,696 for a family of four. However, East Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Bend is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. East Bend also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in East Bend include German, Dutch, Irish, English, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in East Bend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.