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.
In Vale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The citizens of Vale are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 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.
