About Bailey

Bailey is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 619 people and just one neighborhood, Bailey is the 411st largest community in North Carolina.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bailey is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.4% of the Bailey workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Bailey is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bailey who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.63%), sales jobs (13.94%), and healthcare support services (4.88%).

Being a small town, Bailey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Bailey Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Bailey with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.08% of adults in Bailey have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bailey in 2000 was $21,910, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,640 for a family of four.

Bailey is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bailey home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bailey is White, followed by African-American. Bailey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.47% of the town's residents. The main ancestry of people in Bailey is English.

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