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Sophia, NC
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Sophia profile


Living in Sophia



Sophia is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 10,278 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sophia is the 97th largest community in North Carolina.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.68% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sophia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sophia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

The education level of Sophia citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.49% of adults in Sophia have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sophia in 2018 was $33,522, 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 $134,088 for a family of four. However, Sophia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sophia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sophia residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sophia include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Sophia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.