One downside of living in Coats, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.83 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Coats does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Coats with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.59% of adults in Coats have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Coats in 2022 was $20,633, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,532 for a family of four.
Coats is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Coats home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coats residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coats also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.99% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coats include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Coats is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
