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Candler, NC
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Candler profile


Living in Candler



Candler is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 24,569 people and five associated neighborhoods, Candler is the 43rd largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Candler telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.16% 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.

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!) Candler 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. Candler has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Candler than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Candler may be for you.

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

The percentage of people in Candler who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.79% of adults in Candler have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Candler in 2022 was $31,828, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,312 for a family of four. However, Candler contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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