Tabor City is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,670 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tabor City is the 213th largest community in North Carolina.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.58% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Being a small town, Tabor City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In Tabor City, just 12.56% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Tabor City in 2022 was $15,499, which is low income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,996 for a family of four. However, Tabor City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tabor City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 40.54% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Tabor City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Tabor City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tabor City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Tabor City include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Tabor City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.