Singers Glen is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 195 people and just one neighborhood, Singers Glen is the 397th largest community in Virginia.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Singers Glen is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Singers Glen is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Singers Glen who work in sales jobs (30.88%), office and administrative support (17.65%), and management occupations (13.24%).
Also of interest is that Singers Glen has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Singers Glen’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Singers Glen is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Singers Glen, the average commute to work is 31.76 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Singers Glen is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Singers Glen 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.
Singers Glen 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 people in Singers Glen who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.93% of adults in Singers Glen have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Singers Glen in 2022 was $27,935, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,740 for a family of four. However, Singers Glen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Singers Glen is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Singers Glen home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Singers Glen residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Singers Glen include German, Irish, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Singers Glen is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Singers Glen, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 90.8% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 14.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Virginia. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and British ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 2.6% have British ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Singers Glen are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 46.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 69.9% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.9%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.8%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Singers Glen, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.3%), and residents who report Polish roots (4.1%), and some of the residents are also of Swiss ancestry (4.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (46.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.