Wingate is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,141 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wingate is the 203rd largest community in North Carolina.Wingate is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wingate is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wingate who work in food service (12.49%), office and administrative support (11.47%), and healthcare (8.04%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.35% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Wingate is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Wingate to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town. Wingate 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 overall education level of Wingate is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.63% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wingate in 2022 was $18,518, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,072 for a family of four. However, Wingate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.04% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wingate include English, Scots-Irish, German, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
