Vale is a medium-sized town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 10,805 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vale is the 95th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vale is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.90% of the Vale workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vale is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vale who work in sales jobs (11.10%), management occupations (8.55%), and office and administrative support (7.77%). 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, Vale has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vale a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Vale, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.75 minutes every day commuting to work. The percentage of adults in Vale with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.89% of adults in Vale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Vale in 2022 was $29,037, 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 $116,148 for a family of four. However, Vale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vale include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Vale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
