About Barnardsville

Barnardsville is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,687 people and just one neighborhood, Barnardsville is the 323rd largest community in North Carolina.

When you are in Barnardsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.7% of Barnardsville's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Barnardsville is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Barnardsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.32%), sales jobs (9.42%), and teaching (7.74%).

In Barnardsville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.76 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Barnardsville is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Barnardsville, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 99.03% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Barnardsville Information and Demographics

The population of Barnardsville has a very low overall level of education: only 8.66% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Barnardsville in 2000 was $12,898, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $51,592 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Barnardsville is English.