Union Hall - Penhook is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 2,776 people and just one neighborhood, Union Hall - Penhook is the 191st largest community in Virginia.
Union Hall - Penhook home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Union Hall - Penhook real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Unlike some towns, Union Hall - Penhook isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Union Hall - Penhook are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Union Hall - Penhook is a town of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Union Hall - Penhook who work in food service (23.19%), management occupations (11.34%), and office and administrative support (9.00%).
Also of interest is that Union Hall - Penhook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.30% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Another notable thing is that Union Hall - Penhook is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
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!) Union Hall - Penhook 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. Union Hall - Penhook has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Union Hall - Penhook than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Union Hall - Penhook may be for you.
One downside of living in Union Hall - Penhook is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Union Hall - Penhook, the average commute to work is 34.65 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Union Hall - Penhook doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Union Hall - Penhook are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.93% of adults in Union Hall - Penhook have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Union Hall - Penhook in 2022 was $49,051, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $196,204 for a family of four. However, Union Hall - Penhook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Union Hall - Penhook is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Union Hall - Penhook home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Union Hall - Penhook residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Union Hall - Penhook include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Union Hall - Penhook is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 41.4% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 98.5% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 41.4%, which is higher than 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Union Hall - Penhook is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in VA, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.5% of the neighborhoods in Virginia. If you are considering retiring to Virginia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 22.0% of this neighborhood's residents have English 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 Union Hall - Penhook are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 8.2% 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 54.7% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 34.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.5%), and 10.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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 Union Hall - Penhook, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (22.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.9%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.4%) 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.