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Whispering Pines, NC

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Overview


Whispering Pines is a very small village located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,237 people and just one neighborhood, Whispering Pines is the 158th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Whispering Pines, 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 Whispering Pines, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Whispering Pines’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Whispering Pines does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $105,707.00.

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

Occupations and Workforce

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Whispering Pines, employing 14.70% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Public Service and Professional, scientific, and technical services industries employ 18.30% and 16.63% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.02% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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

Because of many things, Whispering Pines is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Whispering Pines really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Whispering Pines perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Whispering Pines, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.90 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small village, Whispering Pines doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

If knowledge is power, Whispering Pines is a pretty powerful place. 53.94% of the adults in Whispering Pines have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Whispering Pines in 2018 was $41,538, 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 $166,152 for a family of four. However, Whispering Pines contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Whispering Pines is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Whispering Pines home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whispering Pines residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Whispering Pines also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.81% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Whispering Pines include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh.

The most common language spoken in Whispering Pines is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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 Whispering Pines, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

The neighborhood stands out nationally for having a greater proportion of its residents active in the military than 99.6% of other U.S. neighborhoods. If you come here, you will notice military people active in their jobs, going to and from work, and in plain clothes out and about the neighborhood.

Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 98.5% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

People

Priests and therapists would like to think they know the secrets to a truly successful marriage, but according to NeighborhoodScout's research, the folks of the neighborhood may actually hold the key. 72.7% of its residents are married, which is a higher percentage than is found in 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in North Carolina. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 98.0% of neighborhoods in the entire state of North Carolina. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students and highly educated executives.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Slovak and Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Slovak ancestry and 3.8% have Welsh ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Whispering Pines are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 79.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.1% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 53.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (18.1%), and 14.6% 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 93.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish and Chinese.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Whispering Pines, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.6%), and residents who report English roots (16.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.6%), 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 (29.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.4%) 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 (5.8%) . 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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