In East Bend, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.49 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, East Bend does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of East Bend have a very low rate of college education: just 9.07% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in East Bend in 2022 was $27,981, 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 $111,924 for a family of four. However, East Bend contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
East Bend is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Bend home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bend residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. East Bend also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in East Bend include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in East Bend is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
