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!) Elm City 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. Elm City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Elm City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Elm City may be for you.
Elm City 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.
The citizens of Elm City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.89% of adults in Elm City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Elm City in 2022 was $26,776, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,104 for a family of four. However, Elm City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elm City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elm City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elm City residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Elm City include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Elm City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
