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Fairmont, NC

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Overview


Fairmont is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,188 people and just one neighborhood, Fairmont is the 297th largest community in North Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Fairmont isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fairmont are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fairmont is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fairmont who work in sales jobs (13.65%), office and administrative support (9.61%), and teaching (8.72%).

Also of interest is that Fairmont has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Fairmont 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.

Demographics

The education level of Fairmont citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.24% of adults 25 and older in Fairmont have a college degree.

The per capita income in Fairmont in 2018 was $20,530, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,120 for a family of four. However, Fairmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fairmont also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.93% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Fairmont is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fairmont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fairmont residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fairmont include English, Scots-Irish, Irish, German, and European.

The most common language spoken in Fairmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fairmont, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of note, 72.5% of the children in this area live in poverty; an extraordinarily high percentage compared to other neighborhoods in the nation. In a nation where approximately one in four children grows up in poverty, this neighborhood stands out for the depth of the problem manifested here.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fairmont are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 72.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 30.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 19.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Fairmont, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (23.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (3.4%), and residents who report Mexican roots (3.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.0%) and 5.6% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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