One of the benefits of Vansant is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.91 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Vansant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Vansant who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.00% of adults in Vansant have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Vansant in 2022 was $33,204, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,816 for a family of four. However, Vansant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Vansant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vansant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vansant include Ghanian, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Vansant is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
