About Wingate

Wingate is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,424 people and just one neighborhood, Wingate is the 270th largest community in North Carolina.

Wingate is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wingate is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wingate who work in teaching (12.66%), office and administrative support jobs (10.64%), and sales jobs (9.04%).

Wingate is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Wingate to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy.

Wingate 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.

Wingate Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Wingate citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 26.76% of adults in Wingate have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Wingate in 2000 was $13,884, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,536 for a family of four.

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

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