Seagrove is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 236 people and two associated neighborhoods, Seagrove is the 549th largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Seagrove was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Seagrove economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Seagrove, where the median household income is $65,000.00.When you are in Seagrove, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.19% of Seagrove’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Seagrove is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seagrove who work in computer science and math (21.28%), office and administrative support (5.32%), and maintenance occupations (4.79%). Also of interest is that Seagrove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Overall, Seagrove’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. 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!) Seagrove 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. Seagrove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Seagrove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Seagrove may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Seagrove spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.46 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. As is often the case in a small town, Seagrove doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The overall education level of Seagrove is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.27% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Seagrove in 2022 was $23,457, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,828 for a family of four. However, Seagrove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Seagrove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seagrove residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Seagrove include German, Irish, English, British, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Seagrove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
