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McLeansville, NC

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Overview


McLeansville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,113 people and just one neighborhood, McLeansville is the 394th largest community in North Carolina.

McLeansville real estate is some of the most expensive in North Carolina, although McLeansville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

McLeansville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, McLeansville is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in McLeansville who work in business and financial occupations (20.71%), office and administrative support (17.14%), and management occupations (16.43%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, McLeansville is worth considering.

As is often the case in a small town, McLeansville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The rate of college-level education in McLeansville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.65% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in McLeansville in 2022 was $44,288, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,152 for a family of four. However, McLeansville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

McLeansville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McLeansville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McLeansville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in McLeansville include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in McLeansville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 69.2% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in McLeansville is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in NC, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.0% of the neighborhoods in North Carolina. If you are considering retiring to North Carolina, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in McLeansville are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 70.1% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 50.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.0%), and 11.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in McLeansville, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (10.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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