Middlesex is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 939 people and three associated neighborhoods, Middlesex is the 410th largest community in North Carolina.Middlesex is a blue-collar town, with 41.42% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Middlesex is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Middlesex who work in sales jobs (15.90%), food service (7.95%), and office and administrative support (7.53%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, Middlesex has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Middlesex a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Middlesex is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Middlesex with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Middlesex in 2022 was $25,989, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,956 for a family of four. However, Middlesex contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Middlesex is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Middlesex home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middlesex residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Middlesex also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Middlesex include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in Middlesex is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
