About Vanceboro

Vanceboro is a tiny coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 885 people and just one neighborhood, Vanceboro is the 381st largest community in North Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vanceboro is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.8% of the Vanceboro workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Vanceboro is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Vanceboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.60%), sales jobs (13.33%), and management occupations (6.67%).

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

Vanceboro is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Vanceboro 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. 98.02% 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, Vanceboro doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Vanceboro Information and Demographics

The citizens of Vanceboro are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 13.73% of adults in Vanceboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Vanceboro in 2000 was $14,327, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,308 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Vanceboro is English.