Efland is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 852 people and two associated neighborhoods, Efland is the 419th largest community in North Carolina.Efland is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Efland is a town of professionals, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Efland who work in teaching (14.72%), office and administrative support (13.32%), and healthcare (12.38%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Efland has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. Also of interest is that Efland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 24.05% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. 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, Efland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Efland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Efland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Efland, the average commute to work is 34.45 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Efland 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.In terms of college education, Efland is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.47% of adults in Efland have a college degree. The per capita income in Efland in 2022 was $37,934, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,736 for a family of four. Efland is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Efland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Efland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Efland include English, German, Dutch, Serbian, and European. Efland also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.12%. The most common language spoken in Efland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Polish.
