Walkertown is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,866 people and three associated neighborhoods, Walkertown is the 146th largest community in North Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Walkertown was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Walkertown economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Walkertown, where the median household income is $58,900.00.Walkertown is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Walkertown is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Walkertown who work in sales jobs (12.73%), office and administrative support (11.96%), and management occupations (11.59%). Also of interest is that Walkertown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.84% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, Walkertown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Walkertown is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.43% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Walkertown in 2022 was $37,446, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,784 for a family of four. However, Walkertown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Walkertown is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Walkertown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walkertown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Walkertown include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Walkertown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
