Meadowview - Emory is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 2,630 people and just one neighborhood, Meadowview - Emory is the 196th largest community in Virginia.
Meadowview - Emory is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Meadowview - Emory is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Meadowview - Emory who work in office and administrative support (20.59%), teaching (10.68%), and management occupations (7.41%).
A relatively large number of people in Meadowview - Emory telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 17.11% 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.
Being a small town, Meadowview - Emory does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Meadowview - Emory citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.73% of adults in Meadowview - Emory have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Meadowview - Emory in 2022 was $54,296, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $217,184 for a family of four. However, Meadowview - Emory contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Meadowview - Emory is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Meadowview - Emory home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Meadowview - Emory residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Meadowview - Emory include English, German, Irish, French, and African.
The most common language spoken in Meadowview - Emory is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's analysis shows that the neighborhood has a greater concentration of residents currently enrolled in college than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. With 29.9% of the population here attending college, this is very much a college-focused neighborhood.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (17.1%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Meadowview - Emory are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 51.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 21.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.5%), and 20.3% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.9%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Meadowview - Emory, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.5%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (3.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (60.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (17.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.