Wingate is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,342 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wingate is the 203rd largest community in North Carolina.Wingate is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Wingate is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wingate who work in teaching (13.46%), office and administrative support (11.91%), and food service (10.87%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Wingate is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Wingate area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Wingate maintain a good economy. Being a small town, Wingate does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Wingate citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.54% of adults in Wingate have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Wingate in 2022 was $17,479, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,916 for a family of four. However, Wingate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wingate is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wingate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wingate residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wingate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wingate include English, German, Scots-Irish, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Wingate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
