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!) Middlesex 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. Middlesex has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Middlesex than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Middlesex may be for you.
Being a small town, Middlesex does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Middlesex with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.76% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Middlesex in 2022 was $25,989, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,956 for a family of four. However, Middlesex contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Middlesex is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Middlesex home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middlesex residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Middlesex also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Middlesex include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Middlesex is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
