It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mayodan has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mayodan has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mayodan than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mayodan may be for you.
One downside of living in Mayodan, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.55 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Mayodan rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.07% of adults 25 and older in Mayodan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Mayodan in 2018 was $28,371, 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 $113,484 for a family of four. However, Mayodan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mayodan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mayodan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mayodan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mayodan include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Mayodan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
