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Bolton, NC

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Overview


Bolton is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 391 people and just one neighborhood, Bolton is the 482nd largest community in North Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bolton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bolton is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bolton who work in office and administrative support (13.14%), management occupations (12.41%), and maintenance occupations (10.95%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Bolton 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. Bolton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bolton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bolton may be for you.

One downside of living in Bolton is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bolton, the average commute to work is 33.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Bolton is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Bolton has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.19% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Bolton in 2022 was $17,262, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,048 for a family of four. However, Bolton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bolton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bolton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bolton residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Bolton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bolton include English, German, African, Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Bolton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Bolton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Car Ownership

Most American households own a car or other vehicle. Many own two cars or perhaps three. In the United States, it is useful to have an automobile not only for commuting, but also for shopping and getting to other services one needs. But NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that households in the neighborhood have a highly unusual car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 48.0% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.6% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.6% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 95.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bolton are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 36.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.2%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Bolton, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (16.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.8%), and residents who report German roots (3.1%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (81.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (15.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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