About Pfafftown

Pfafftown is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 9,429 people and just one neighborhood, Pfafftown is the 106th largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pfafftown is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pfafftown is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pfafftown who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.95%), management occupations (12.92%), and sales jobs (11.20%).

Also of interest is that Pfafftown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Pfafftown is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Pfafftown is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pfafftown really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pfafftown perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Pfafftown is a very car-oriented town. 99.43% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Pfafftown is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Pfafftown has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Pfafftown 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.

Pfafftown Information and Demographics

The education level of Pfafftown citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 33.61% of adults in Pfafftown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pfafftown in 2000 was $26,672, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,688 for a family of four. However, Pfafftown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Pfafftown is English.