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!) Lumber Bridge 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. Lumber Bridge has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lumber Bridge than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lumber Bridge may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Lumber Bridge spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.02 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small town, Lumber Bridge doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Lumber Bridge, just 11.32% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
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.
