About Colerain

Colerain is a very small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,649 people and just one neighborhood, Colerain is the 219th largest community in North Carolina.

When you are in Colerain, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.9% of Colerain's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Colerain is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Colerain who work in office and administrative support jobs (8.45%), sales jobs (6.49%), and teaching (5.49%).

You will also find that a lot of people in Colerain work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Colerain are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Colerain is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Colerain, the average commute to work is 35.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Colerain is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Colerain isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.83% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Colerain doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Colerain Information and Demographics

Colerain ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 7.40% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Colerain in 2000 was $13,868, which is low income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $55,472 for a family of four.

Colerain is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Colerain home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Colerain is African-American, followed by White. The main ancestry of people in Colerain is English.

The most common language spoken in Colerain is English.