Whitsett is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 593 people and two associated neighborhoods, Whitsett is the 468th largest community in North Carolina. Whitsett has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Whitsett, where the median household income is $68,393.00.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Whitsett is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Whitsett is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Whitsett who work in office and administrative support (25.56%), sales jobs (7.78%), and teaching (5.93%). Also of interest is that Whitsett has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Whitsett 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. Whitsett has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Whitsett than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Whitsett may be for you. Being a small town, Whitsett does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Whitsett overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Whitsett, 23.41% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Whitsett in 2022 was $38,856, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,424 for a family of four. However, Whitsett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Whitsett is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Whitsett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Whitsett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Whitsett include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Whitsett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
