The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Atkins has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Atkins a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.29 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, Atkins does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Atkins, just 8.69% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Atkins in 2022 was $28,349, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,396 for a family of four. However, Atkins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Atkins is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Atkins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atkins residents report their race to be White. Atkins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Atkins include English, Scottish, German, European, and Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Atkins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
