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!) Lumber Bridge 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. Lumber Bridge has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lumber Bridge than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lumber Bridge may be for you.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.02 minutes getting to work every day.
Lumber Bridge 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 percentage of people in Lumber Bridge with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.32% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lumber Bridge in 2022 was $30,459, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $121,836 for a family of four. However, Lumber Bridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lumber Bridge is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lumber Bridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lumber Bridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lumber Bridge include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Lumber Bridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
