Valdese is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,687 people and three associated neighborhoods, Valdese is the 168th largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.66% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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, Valdese has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Valdese a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Valdese 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 population of Valdese is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.18% of adults in Valdese have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Valdese in 2022 was $40,002, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,008 for a family of four. However, Valdese contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Valdese home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valdese residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Valdese include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Valdese is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Miao/Hmong.