Vienna is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 14,549 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Vienna is the 73rd largest community in Virginia.

Vienna is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.25% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vienna is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vienna who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.95%), management occupations (14.77%), and computer science and math (9.31%).

Also of interest is that Vienna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Vienna is also a town of artists. Vienna has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Vienna's character.

In addition, Vienna is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Vienna is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Vienna a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Vienna has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Vienna's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Vienna Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Vienna is a pretty powerful place. 56.41% of the adults in Vienna have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Vienna in 2000 was $37,753, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,012 for a family of four. However, Vienna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Vienna is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vienna home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Vienna is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vienna include English, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Scotch-Irish.

Vienna also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.36%.

The languages spoken by people in Vienna are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Vienna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, and Persian.