Sneads Ferry 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 2,548 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sneads Ferry is the 272nd largest community in North Carolina.7.86% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Sneads Ferry. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Manufacturing and Retail industries respectively employ 14.27% and 13.89% of the civilian workforce. A relatively large number of people in Sneads Ferry telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.80% 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. 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, Sneads Ferry has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sneads Ferry a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the nice things about Sneads Ferry is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. Being a small town, Sneads Ferry does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Sneads Ferry who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.27% of the adults in Sneads Ferry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Sneads Ferry in 2022 was $30,248, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,992 for a family of four. However, Sneads Ferry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sneads Ferry is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sneads Ferry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sneads Ferry residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sneads Ferry include Irish, German, English, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Sneads Ferry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
