Claremont is a very small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,715 people and three associated neighborhoods, Claremont is the 323rd largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Claremont was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Claremont economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Claremont, where the median household income is $60,735.00.When you are in Claremont, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.63% of Claremont’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Claremont is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Claremont who work in office and administrative support (11.44%), sales jobs (10.11%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.62%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Claremont has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Claremont has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Claremont than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Claremont may be for you. Being a small city, Claremont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Claremont are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.34% of adults in Claremont having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Claremont in 2022 was $34,389, 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 $137,556 for a family of four. However, Claremont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Claremont is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Claremont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Claremont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Claremont include German, English, Irish, Swedish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Claremont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
