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.

Unlike some towns, Vilas isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vilas are a mix of both white- and blue-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 very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Vilas 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% 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.

Being a small town, Vilas does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

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.