West End is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,745 people and two associated neighborhoods, West End is the 137th largest community in North Carolina.West End is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, West End is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West End who work in office and administrative support (15.73%), management occupations (11.68%), and teaching (10.45%). Also of interest is that West End 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 West End telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.79% 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. Because of many things, West End is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, West End really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is West End perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. 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!) West End 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. West End has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West End than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West End may be for you. Being a small town, West End does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of West End are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.49% of adults in West End have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in West End in 2022 was $39,696, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,784 for a family of four. However, West End contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West End is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West End home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West End residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West End include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Hungarian. The most common language spoken in West End is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
