Bailey is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 575 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bailey is the 471st largest community in North Carolina.When you are in Bailey, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.42% of Bailey’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Bailey is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bailey who work in sales jobs (19.30%), healthcare (8.77%), and office and administrative support (7.02%). 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, Bailey has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bailey a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Bailey 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 percentage of adults in Bailey with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.38% of adults in Bailey have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bailey in 2022 was $28,234, 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 $112,936 for a family of four. However, Bailey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bailey is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bailey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bailey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bailey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.52% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bailey include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Welsh. In addition, Bailey has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.25%). The most common language spoken in Bailey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
