Arapahoe is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 427 people and two associated neighborhoods, Arapahoe is the 503rd largest community in North Carolina.Arapahoe is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Arapahoe is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Arapahoe who work in sales jobs (17.74%), healthcare (10.22%), and food service (7.53%). There are many members of the armed forces living in Arapahoe. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.24% 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. 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, Arapahoe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Arapahoe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Arapahoe is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. Being a small town, Arapahoe does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Arapahoe who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.54% of the adults in Arapahoe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Arapahoe in 2022 was $35,727, 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 $142,908 for a family of four. However, Arapahoe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Arapahoe is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arapahoe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arapahoe residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Arapahoe include German, English, Irish, Italian, and British. The most common language spoken in Arapahoe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
