Cooleemee is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 975 people and just one neighborhood, Cooleemee is the 407th largest community in North Carolina. Cooleemee has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Cooleemee is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.95% of the Cooleemee workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Cooleemee is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Cooleemee who work in healthcare (11.45%), management occupations (10.05%), and sales jobs (8.18%).
Also of interest is that Cooleemee has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
In Cooleemee, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.44 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Cooleemee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Cooleemee with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.64% of adults in Cooleemee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cooleemee in 2022 was $27,612, 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 $110,448 for a family of four. However, Cooleemee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cooleemee is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Cooleemee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cooleemee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cooleemee include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Cooleemee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 35.7% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 96.4% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.3% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Cooleemee are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 42.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 22.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Cooleemee, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.1%), and residents who report English roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (9.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.