About Cove City

Cove City 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 2,605 people and just one neighborhood, Cove City is the 259th largest community in North Carolina.

When you are in Cove City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.4% of Cove City's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Cove City is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cove City who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.55%), sales jobs (6.98%), and food service (6.41%).

Another important characteristic of Cove City is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Cove City are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Cove City is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Cove City 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. 97.65% 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.

Cove City is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Cove City Information and Demographics

In Cove City, just 7.89% 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 14.96%.

The per capita income in Cove City in 2000 was $15,737, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,948 for a family of four.

Cove City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cove City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cove City is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cove City include English, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and German.

The most common language spoken in Cove City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.