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Locust, NC

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Overview


Locust is a very small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,708 people and just one neighborhood, Locust is the 178th largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Locust was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Locust economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Locust, where the median household income is $52,551.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Locust is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Locust is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Locust who work in healthcare (12.57%), management occupations (10.07%), and office and administrative support (9.30%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Locust is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Locust’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Locust is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Locust, the average commute to work is 32.56 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Locust is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.12% of adults 25 and older in Locust have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Locust in 2022 was $31,453, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,812 for a family of four. However, Locust contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Locust is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Car Ownership

American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.4% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.7% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of North Carolina. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Locust are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 59.0% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 37.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.8%), and 16.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Locust, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (12.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (5.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (27.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (84.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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