Maiden is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,796 people and two associated neighborhoods, Maiden is the 216th largest community in North Carolina.Maiden is a blue-collar town, with 38.98% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Maiden is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maiden who work in office and administrative support (14.86%), food service (8.73%), and management occupations (7.64%). Also of interest is that Maiden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, Maiden has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Maiden a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Maiden doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Maiden with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Maiden in 2022 was $28,735, 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 $114,940 for a family of four. However, Maiden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Maiden is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Maiden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maiden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maiden include German, Irish, European, English, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Maiden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.
