Castle Hayne is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,243 people and two associated neighborhoods, Castle Hayne is the 380th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Castle Hayne is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.76% of the Castle Hayne workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Castle Hayne is a town of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Castle Hayne who work in teaching (14.11%), management occupations (11.00%), and office and administrative support (7.26%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Castle Hayne has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Castle Hayne has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Castle Hayne than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Castle Hayne may be for you. Being a small town, Castle Hayne does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Castle Hayne overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Castle Hayne, 22.10% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Castle Hayne in 2022 was $32,470, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,880 for a family of four. However, Castle Hayne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Castle Hayne is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Castle Hayne home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Castle Hayne residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Castle Hayne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.68% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Castle Hayne include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Castle Hayne is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
