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Vandemere - Hobucken, NC

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Overview


Vandemere - Hobucken is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,107 people and just one neighborhood, Vandemere - Hobucken is the 395th largest community in North Carolina.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vandemere - Hobucken is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.62% of the Vandemere - Hobucken workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vandemere - Hobucken is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vandemere - Hobucken who work in healthcare suport services (17.89%), office and administrative support (10.22%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.71%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Vandemere - Hobucken is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

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

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Vandemere - Hobucken with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.77% of adults in Vandemere - Hobucken have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Vandemere - Hobucken in 2022 was $27,095, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,380 for a family of four. However, Vandemere - Hobucken contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Vandemere - Hobucken is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vandemere - Hobucken home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vandemere - Hobucken residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vandemere - Hobucken include English, Irish, British, Polish, and Russian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Vandemere - Hobucken, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 13 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods. is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 43.6%, which is higher than 98.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Furthermore, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 94.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

Of particular note, 4.8% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.

In addition, one of the unique characteristics of the neighborhood revealed by analysis is that the per capita income of residents here is lower than that found in 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Vandemere - Hobucken are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 95.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 29.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 15.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Vandemere - Hobucken, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (7.3%). There are also a number of people of British ancestry (1.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (1.8%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (1.7%), along with some Russian ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (94.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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