West Jefferson is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,339 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Jefferson is the 375th largest community in North Carolina.West Jefferson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, West Jefferson is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Jefferson who work in sales jobs (17.89%), management occupations (13.29%), and food service (11.93%). 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!) West Jefferson 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. West Jefferson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West Jefferson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West Jefferson may be for you. Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.57 minutes getting to work every day. West Jefferson 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 West Jefferson with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.57% of adults in West Jefferson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in West Jefferson in 2022 was $23,043, 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 $92,172 for a family of four. However, West Jefferson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Jefferson is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call West Jefferson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Jefferson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Jefferson include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in West Jefferson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Greek.
