East Bend is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 637 people and two associated neighborhoods, East Bend is the 453rd largest community in North Carolina.When you are in East Bend, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.71% of East Bend’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, East Bend is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Bend who work in healthcare (15.89%), office and administrative support (11.78%), and sales jobs (8.49%). Also of interest is that East Bend has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.12% 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. One downside of living in East Bend is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In East Bend, the average commute to work is 35.49 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, East Bend doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In East Bend, just 9.07% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in East Bend in 2022 was $27,981, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,924 for a family of four. However, East Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. East Bend is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. East Bend also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in East Bend include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in East Bend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
