Vansant is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 442 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vansant is the 343rd largest community in Virginia. Vansant has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Vansant, where the median household income is .Vansant is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vansant is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Vansant who work in management occupations (28.71%), sales jobs (26.73%), and teaching (17.82%). Being a small town, Vansant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Vansant ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Vansant, 47.31% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Vansant in 2022 was $33,324, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,296 for a family of four. However, Vansant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vansant also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.62% of its population below the federal poverty line.Vansant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vansant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vansant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vansant include Lebanese, Ghanian, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. Vansant also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.34%. The most common language spoken in Vansant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and African languages.
