Dante is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 572 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dante is the second largest community in Virginia. Dante has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
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, Dante has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Dante a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Dante, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Dante is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Dante isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Dante 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.
Dante ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 0.00% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Dante in 2022 was $14,341, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,364 for a family of four. Dante also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 52.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Dante is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dante home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dante residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dante include English, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Dante is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Italian.