Overview Norlina is a tiny town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 915 people and just one neighborhood, Norlina is the 409th largest community in North Carolina. Occupations and Workforce Norlina is a blue-collar town, with 36.14% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Norlina is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norlina who work in office and administrative support (12.05%), maintenance occupations (11.57%), and management occupations (11.57%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.16% 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. Setting & Lifestyle 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, Norlina has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Norlina a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Norlina is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day. Norlina Demographics The citizens of Norlina are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.04% of adults in Norlina have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Norlina in 2022 was $27,460, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,840 for a family of four. However, Norlina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Norlina is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Norlina home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Norlina residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Norlina include English, German, Irish, African, and European. The most common language spoken in Norlina is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and African languages.