Brevard is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,909 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Brevard is the 141st largest community in North Carolina.

Brevard is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brevard is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Brevard who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.58%), sales jobs (12.85%), and management occupations (6.63%).

One of the benefits of Brevard is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.66 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Despite the fact that Brevard is a relatively small city, the public transit system is fairly well used to commute to work. Many people choose to use the bus, often traveling to the central city in the region.

Brevard Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Brevard is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.33% of adults in Brevard have a college degree.

The per capita income in Brevard in 2000 was $18,256, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,024 for a family of four.

Brevard is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Brevard home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brevard is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Brevard include English, German, Scotch-Irish, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Brevard is English.