Harmony is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 577 people and two associated neighborhoods, Harmony is the 478th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Harmony is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.58% of the Harmony workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Harmony is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Harmony who work in office and administrative support (12.74%), management occupations (10.58%), and food service (7.69%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.33% 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. Harmony 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.The rate of college-level education in Harmony is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.41% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Harmony in 2022 was $25,523, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,092 for a family of four. However, Harmony contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Harmony is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Harmony home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Harmony residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Harmony also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.00% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Harmony include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Harmony is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
