The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lumber Bridge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lumber Bridge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Lumber Bridge is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.02 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Lumber Bridge doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
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.
