Wingate is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,342 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wingate is the 203rd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns, Wingate isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wingate are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wingate is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wingate who work in teaching (13.46%), office and administrative support (11.91%), and food service (10.87%). A relatively large number of people in Wingate telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.31% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Wingate is a small town with a large college student population. Because of this, there is a real youthful, hip vibe to the place, and much of the life in the town is centered on the college. This has helped Wingate to buck the trend of other small towns that have suffered declining populations over the past 20 to 30 years. Spending by students, and faculty and staff jobs, are a big part of the local economy. Being a small town, Wingate does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Wingate is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.54% of adults in Wingate have a college degree. The per capita income in Wingate in 2022 was $17,479, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,916 for a family of four. However, Wingate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wingate include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.