Walnut Cove is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,596 people and two associated neighborhoods, Walnut Cove is the 338th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Walnut Cove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Walnut Cove is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Walnut Cove who work in healthcare suport services (10.44%), office and administrative support (8.46%), and sales jobs (7.91%). Of important note, Walnut Cove is also a town of artists. Walnut Cove has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Walnut Cove’s character. Being a small town, Walnut Cove does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Walnut Cove with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Walnut Cove in 2022 was $22,873, 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 $91,492 for a family of four. However, Walnut Cove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Walnut Cove is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Walnut Cove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walnut Cove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Walnut Cove include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Walnut Cove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
