Roxboro is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,166 people and five associated neighborhoods, Roxboro is the 114th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Roxboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.12% of the Roxboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Roxboro is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Roxboro who work in healthcare suport services (11.76%), food service (11.57%), and sales jobs (9.12%). Being a small city, Roxboro does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Roxboro who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.12% of the adults in Roxboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Roxboro in 2022 was $25,732, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,928 for a family of four. However, Roxboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Roxboro also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.Roxboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Roxboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roxboro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roxboro include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Roxboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
