Wingate is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,342 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wingate is the 203rd largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Wingate is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Wingate area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Wingate maintain a good economy.

Being a small town, Wingate does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Wingate citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.54% of adults in Wingate have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wingate in 2022 was $17,479, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,916 for a family of four. However, Wingate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wingate include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian.

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