Vilas is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 3,471 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Vilas is the 226th largest community in North Carolina.

Vilas is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Vilas is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Vilas who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.90%), sales jobs (8.98%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (7.29%).

Vilas is a very car-oriented town. 100% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Vilas is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Vilas has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Vilas 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.

Vilas Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Vilas is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 22.30% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Vilas in 2000 was $17,930, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,720 for a family of four.

The people who call Vilas home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Vilas is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vilas include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, European, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Vilas is English.