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Gibson, NC

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Overview


Gibson is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 445 people and just one neighborhood, Gibson is the 494th largest community in North Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gibson is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.91% of the Gibson workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gibson is a town of production and manufacturing workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gibson who work in management occupations (18.83%), sales jobs (11.21%), and healthcare suport services (8.52%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Gibson 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 rate of college-level education in Gibson is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.14% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gibson in 2018 was $28,294, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $113,176 for a family of four. However, Gibson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gibson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.22% of its population below the federal poverty line.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 96.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.8% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 13.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 4.7% have Scots-Irish 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 Gibson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 68.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 44.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.1%), and 9.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

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 Gibson, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (13.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.0%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (3.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (16.0%) . 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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