Candor is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 812 people and two associated neighborhoods, Candor is the 427th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Candor is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.32% of the Candor workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Candor is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Candor who work in healthcare suport services (12.82%), teaching (10.08%), and office and administrative support (5.04%). 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, Candor has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Candor a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Candor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Candor with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.33% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Candor in 2022 was $21,801, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,204 for a family of four. However, Candor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Candor is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Candor home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Candor, accounting for 34.08% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Candor residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Candor include English, Scots-Irish, Scottish, European, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Candor's cultural character, accounting for 19.26% of the town’s population. The most common language spoken in Candor is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
