Walkertown is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,950 people and three associated neighborhoods, Walkertown is the 146th largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Walkertown was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Walkertown economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Walkertown, where the median household income is $80,761.00.Walkertown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Walkertown is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Walkertown who work in sales jobs (11.73%), business and financial occupations (10.42%), and management occupations (9.79%). Also of interest is that Walkertown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Walkertown telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.47% 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. Being a small town, Walkertown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Walkertown is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.43% of adults in Walkertown have a college degree. The per capita income in Walkertown in 2022 was $40,454, 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 $161,816 for a family of four. However, Walkertown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Walkertown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Walkertown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walkertown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Walkertown include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Walkertown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
