Newton Grove is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 595 people and two associated neighborhoods, Newton Grove is the 467th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Newton Grove is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Newton Grove is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Newton Grove who work in office and administrative support (17.65%), community and social services (11.42%), and teaching (8.30%). 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!) Newton Grove 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. Newton Grove has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Newton Grove than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Newton Grove may be for you. One downside of living in Newton Grove, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.90 minutes every day commuting to work. Newton Grove 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 education level of Newton Grove ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Newton Grove, 41.81% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Newton Grove in 2022 was $43,530, 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 $174,120 for a family of four. However, Newton Grove contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Newton Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newton Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Newton Grove include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Newton Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
