Bakersville is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 455 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bakersville is the 493rd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Bakersville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bakersville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bakersville is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bakersville who work in healthcare (37.44%), community and social services (6.85%), and teaching (6.39%). The overall crime rate in Bakersville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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, Bakersville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bakersville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the benefits of Bakersville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.75 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small town, Bakersville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Bakersville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.05% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Bakersville in 2022 was $38,353, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $153,412 for a family of four. However, Bakersville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Bakersville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bakersville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bakersville include Scots-Irish, English, German, Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Bakersville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.
