About Pollocksville

Pollocksville 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 2,003 people and just one neighborhood, Pollocksville is the 309th largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pollocksville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pollocksville is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pollocksville who work in sales jobs (14.27%), management occupations (7.31%), and healthcare support services (6.24%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Pollocksville 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.

Pollocksville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Pollocksville 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. 99.63% 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.

Pollocksville 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.

Pollocksville Information and Demographics

The education level of Pollocksville citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 17.01% of adults in Pollocksville have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pollocksville in 2000 was $18,359, 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 $73,436 for a family of four.

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

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