Manson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,259 people and just one neighborhood, Manson is the 294th largest community in North Carolina.
Manson is a blue-collar town, with 35.68% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Manson is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Manson who work in teaching (12.33%), healthcare suport services (11.01%), and management occupations (8.15%).
Being a small town, Manson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Manson with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.15% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Manson in 2022 was $19,640, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,560 for a family of four. However, Manson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Manson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.51% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Manson is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Manson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Manson residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Manson include European, English, Irish, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Manson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
An interesting characteristic about the neighborhood is that there are more incarcerated people living here than 99.3% of neighborhoods in the U.S. The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, currently with 1 out of every 100 adults in the country are incarcerated as a punishment for crimes committed. The extremely high incarceration rate of this neighborhood could mean that a prison, juvenile detention facility or other correctional facility occupies a large proportion of the neighborhood, or contains a large portion of the neighborhood's population.
In addition, the neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.7% of all neighborhoods in America, with 39.6% 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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.6% of all American neighborhoods.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 9.5% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.0% of all neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African and Sub-Saharan African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.0% of this neighborhood's residents have African ancestry and 15.5% have Sub-Saharan African ancestry.
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 Manson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.7% 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, 43.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 35.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (12.8%), and 8.4% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.3%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Manson, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Sub-Saharan African (15.5%). There are also a number of people of African ancestry (9.0%), and residents who report English roots (2.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (2.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (9.5%) who commute over an hour in each direction.
Here most residents (90.4%) 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 (8.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.