Black Mountain is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 8,502 people and five associated neighborhoods, Black Mountain is the 109th largest community in North Carolina.Black Mountain is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Black Mountain is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Black Mountain who work in management occupations (10.97%), sales jobs (10.61%), and office and administrative support (9.85%). Also of interest is that Black Mountain 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: 14.32% 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. Being a small town, Black Mountain does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.If knowledge is power, Black Mountain is a pretty powerful place. 58.27% of the adults in Black Mountain 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 Black Mountain in 2022 was $42,791, 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 $171,164 for a family of four. However, Black Mountain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Black Mountain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Black Mountain residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Black Mountain include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Black Mountain is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
