Virgie is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Virgie’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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, Virgie has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Virgie a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Virgie is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Virgie, the average commute to work is 32.05 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Virgie is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Virgie, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, Virgie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Virgie, just 8.88% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Virgie in 2022 was $18,743, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,972 for a family of four. However, Virgie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Virgie also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.35% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Virgie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Virgie residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Virgie include Scottish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Virgie is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
