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, Dillwyn has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Dillwyn a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Dillwyn, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.98 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Dillwyn does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Dillwyn who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.80% of the adults in Dillwyn have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dillwyn in 2022 was $28,595, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,380 for a family of four. However, Dillwyn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dillwyn is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dillwyn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dillwyn residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dillwyn include English, African, Irish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Dillwyn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
