Nebo is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,790 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nebo is the 317th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nebo is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.28% of the Nebo workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nebo is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nebo who work in healthcare (14.50%), maintenance occupations (11.73%), and management occupations (7.00%). Also of interest is that Nebo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Nebo 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. Nebo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nebo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nebo may be for you. In Nebo, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.86 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Nebo 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 Nebo with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.12% of adults in Nebo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Nebo in 2022 was $24,900, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,600 for a family of four. However, Nebo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Nebo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nebo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nebo include English, European, Dutch, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Nebo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
