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Sherrills Ford, NC

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Overview


Sherrills Ford is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,751 people and just one neighborhood, Sherrills Ford is the 221st largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Sherrills Ford, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Sherrills Ford, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Sherrills Ford’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Sherrills Ford does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $93,553.00.

Sherrills Ford home prices are not only among the most expensive in North Carolina, but Sherrills Ford real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Sherrills Ford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sherrills Ford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sherrills Ford is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherrills Ford who work in management occupations (29.74%), office and administrative support (6.86%), and the sciences (6.86%).

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Sherrills Ford has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Sherrills Ford is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Sherrills Ford’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sherrills Ford has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sherrills Ford a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Sherrills Ford, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.83 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Sherrills Ford 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 citizens of Sherrills Ford are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.83% of adults in Sherrills Ford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sherrills Ford in 2018 was $62,498, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $249,992 for a family of four. However, Sherrills Ford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sherrills Ford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sherrills Ford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sherrills Ford include German, English, Irish, Polish, and European.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

If you are planning to retire in North Carolina, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in North Carolina, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.6% of neighborhoods in NC. If a North Carolina retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives.

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 Sherrills Ford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 71.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.2% 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, 52.2% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.2%), and 7.8% 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 96.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Sherrills Ford, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.3%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (32.0% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (84.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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