Leicester is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 17,655 people and four associated neighborhoods, Leicester is the 63rd largest community in North Carolina. Leicester has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Leicester, where the median household income is $72,955.00.Leicester is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leicester is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leicester who work in sales jobs (10.78%), office and administrative support (9.23%), and healthcare (6.23%). Also of interest is that Leicester has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Leicester telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.13% 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!) Leicester 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. Leicester has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Leicester than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Leicester may be for you. Being a small town, Leicester does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Leicester is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.09% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Leicester in 2022 was $33,253, 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 $133,012 for a family of four. However, Leicester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leicester is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Leicester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leicester residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Leicester include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Leicester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
