Because of many things, Virgie 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, Virgie really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Virgie 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Virgie has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Virgie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Virgie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Virgie may be for you.
One downside of living in Virgie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.05 minutes every day commuting to work.
Virgie is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Virgie is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Virgie has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
As is often the case in a small town, Virgie doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Virgie has a very low overall level of education: only 8.88% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Virgie in 2022 was $18,743, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,972 for a family of four. However, Virgie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Virgie also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.35% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Virgie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Virgie residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Virgie include Scottish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Virgie is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
