Elkin is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,088 people and three associated neighborhoods, Elkin is the 200th largest community in North Carolina.Elkin is a blue-collar town, with 35.20% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Elkin is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elkin who work in management occupations (9.77%), sales jobs (8.93%), and teaching (7.76%). A relatively large number of people in Elkin telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.03% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Being a small town, Elkin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Elkin citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.59% of adults in Elkin have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Elkin in 2022 was $30,891, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,564 for a family of four. However, Elkin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Elkin is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Elkin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elkin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Elkin also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.78% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elkin include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Elkin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
