Chatham is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,198 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chatham is the 267th largest community in Virginia.Chatham is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Chatham is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chatham who work in office and administrative support (19.97%), management occupations (16.20%), and teaching (15.57%). Because of many things, Chatham is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Chatham really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Chatham perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. As is often the case in a small town, Chatham doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Chatham is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.78% of adults in Chatham have a college degree. The per capita income in Chatham in 2022 was $26,755, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,020 for a family of four. However, Chatham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chatham is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chatham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chatham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chatham include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Chatham is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and French.
