Nebo is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,790 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nebo is the 317th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nebo is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.28% of the Nebo workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nebo is a town of production and manufacturing workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nebo who work in healthcare (14.50%), maintenance occupations (11.73%), and management occupations (7.00%). Also of interest is that Nebo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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, Nebo has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Nebo a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Nebo, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.86 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Nebo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Nebo rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.12% of adults 25 and older in Nebo have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Nebo in 2022 was $24,900, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,600 for a family of four. However, Nebo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Nebo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nebo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nebo include English, European, Dutch, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Nebo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Asian languages.
