Old Fort is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 818 people and two associated neighborhoods, Old Fort is the 428th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Old Fort is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Old Fort is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Old Fort who work in office and administrative support (16.17%), healthcare suport services (14.85%), and management occupations (9.57%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.56% 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. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Old Fort 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. Old Fort has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Old Fort than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Old Fort may be for you. Being a small town, Old Fort does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Old Fort overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Old Fort, 24.01% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Old Fort in 2022 was $27,842, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,368 for a family of four. However, Old Fort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Old Fort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Old Fort residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Old Fort include Irish, English, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Old Fort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
