King is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 7,561 people and four associated neighborhoods, King is the 126th largest community in North Carolina.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.74% 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.

Being a small city, King does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in King who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.16% of adults in King have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in King in 2022 was $36,280, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,120 for a family of four. However, King contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

King is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call King home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of King residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in King include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in King is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Greek.