Winston Salem is a relatively large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 185,480 people and 57 constituent neighborhoods, Winston Salem is the fifth largest community in North Carolina.

Winston Salem is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Winston Salem is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winston Salem who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.66%), sales jobs (10.04%), and management occupations (8.66%).

For their daily commute to and from work, many people in Winston Salem choose to take public transit. Most of these commuters are using the bus.

Winston Salem Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Winston Salem is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.33% of adults in Winston Salem have a college degree.

The per capita income in Winston Salem in 2000 was $22,468, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,872 for a family of four.

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

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