Vilas is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,200 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vilas is the 138th largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Vilas telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.60% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Because of many things, Vilas is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Vilas a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Vilas has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Vilas’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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, Vilas has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vilas a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Vilas, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.57 minutes every day commuting to work.

Vilas 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.

The education level of Vilas citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.01% of adults in Vilas have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Vilas in 2022 was $35,520, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,080 for a family of four. However, Vilas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Vilas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vilas residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vilas include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Vilas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.