Vale is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 10,604 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vale is the 95th largest community in North Carolina.When you are in Vale, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.98% of Vale’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Vale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vale who work in sales jobs (9.39%), management occupations (8.18%), and office and administrative support (7.66%). 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!) Vale 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. Vale has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vale than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vale may be for you. One downside of living in Vale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Vale, the average commute to work is 32.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, the citizens of Vale rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.16% of adults 25 and older in Vale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Vale in 2022 was $26,878, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,512 for a family of four. However, Vale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vale include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Vale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
