Cana is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,243 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cana is the 266th largest community in Virginia.Cana is a blue-collar town, with 45.11% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Cana is a town of construction workers and builders, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cana who work in teaching (16.40%), sales jobs (9.94%), and business and financial occupations (5.21%). 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, Cana has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cana a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Cana doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Cana is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.90% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Cana in 2022 was $39,397, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $157,588 for a family of four. However, Cana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Cana home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cana residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Cana include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Cana is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
