Community is not just a term used in the Uwharrie Point Community and throughout the Uwharrie Lakes region, but a way of life. Neighbors take pride in lending a helping hand when needed, while friendly conversation seems to be a local pastime. Generations of families in this region happily welcome new neighbors to their home, as if they had known them their entire lives.

The residents of Uwharrie Point have embraced and become an integral part of the local community, whether it is participating as a member of the local Volunteer Fire Department, volunteering for charitable work, Communities in Schools, or many other programs, or establishing small businesses that both serve and employ natives and visitors.

Continuing Education opportunities abound in the surrounding counties and nearby metropolitan areas. The metropolitan areas, accessible with an easy drive, are home to some of the leading research universities anywhere --- with North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Duke University in the triangle, Wake Forest University, North Carolina A&T, and UNC Greensboro in the triad , and UNC Charlotte only about 45 miles away in northeast Charlotte. Closer by, Pfeiffer University is only about 15 minutes away and Catawba College is a little further in Salisbury. And there are some excellent Community Colleges in each of the adjacent counties - Stanly, Montgomery, Davidson, Randolph, and Rowan.