Because of many things, Virgie is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Virgie 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, Virgie has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Virgie’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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.
In Virgie, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.05 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
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.
Being a small town, Virgie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
