Bailey is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 577 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bailey is the 471st largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Bailey telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.29% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Being a small town, Bailey does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Bailey with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bailey in 2022 was $22,913, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,652 for a family of four. However, Bailey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bailey is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bailey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bailey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bailey also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.29% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bailey include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Polish.

Bailey also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.25%.

The most common language spoken in Bailey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.