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!) Bassett 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. Bassett has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bassett than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bassett may be for you.
Bassett is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Bassett who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.99% of the adults in Bassett have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bassett in 2022 was $23,572, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,288 for a family of four. However, Bassett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bassett is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bassett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bassett residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bassett also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.22% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bassett include English, Irish, German, Swiss, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bassett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
