Whitakers is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 632 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitakers is the 456th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Whitakers is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.89% of the Whitakers workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Whitakers is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitakers who work in office and administrative support (13.40%), food service (10.53%), and management occupations (9.09%). A relatively large number of people in Whitakers telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.66% 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. Being a small town, Whitakers does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Whitakers with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.74% of adults in Whitakers have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Whitakers in 2022 was $23,240, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $92,960 for a family of four. However, Whitakers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Whitakers is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Whitakers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitakers residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Whitakers include German, Scots-Irish, Italian, English, and British. The most common language spoken in Whitakers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
