Lenoir is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 18,238 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Lenoir is the 56th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lenoir is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lenoir is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lenoir who work in office and administrative support (11.27%), sales jobs (9.79%), and management occupations (9.31%). Also of interest is that Lenoir has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small city, Lenoir does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Lenoir who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.58% of the adults in Lenoir have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Lenoir in 2022 was $27,839, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,356 for a family of four. However, Lenoir contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lenoir is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lenoir home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lenoir residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lenoir also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lenoir include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Lenoir is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
