Because of many things, Cameron is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Cameron really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Cameron perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
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!) Cameron 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. Cameron has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cameron than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cameron may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Cameron doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Cameron are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.34% of adults in Cameron having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cameron in 2022 was $27,321, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,284 for a family of four. However, Cameron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cameron is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cameron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cameron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cameron include German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Cameron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
