Amelia Court House is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 9,259 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Amelia Court House is the 94th largest community in Virginia.

When you are in Amelia Court House, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.1% of Amelia Court House's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Amelia Court House is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Amelia Court House who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.81%), sales jobs (9.48%), and food service (4.80%).

In Amelia Court House, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 41.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Amelia Court House 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 Amelia Court House, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.3% 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, Amelia Court House does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Amelia Court House Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Amelia Court House with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.01% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Amelia Court House in 2000 was $19,379, which is middle income relative to Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,516 for a family of four.

Amelia Court House is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Amelia Court House home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Amelia Court House is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Amelia Court House include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Amelia Court House is English.