Valdese is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,687 people and three associated neighborhoods, Valdese is the 168th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Valdese is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Valdese is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Valdese who work in sales jobs (19.01%), management occupations (10.77%), and teaching (8.84%). A relatively large number of people in Valdese telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.66% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Valdese has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Valdese a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Valdese does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Valdese are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.18% of adults in Valdese have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Valdese in 2022 was $40,002, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,008 for a family of four. However, Valdese contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Valdese home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valdese residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Valdese include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Valdese is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
