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Atkins, VA
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Living in Atkins



Atkins is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,121 people and two associated neighborhoods, Atkins is the 276th largest community in Virginia.

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

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Atkins has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Atkins has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Atkins than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Atkins may be for you.

One of the benefits of Atkins is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.29 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.

Atkins 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.

The population of Atkins has a very low overall level of education: only 8.69% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Atkins in 2018 was $28,349, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,396 for a family of four. However, Atkins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Atkins is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Atkins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atkins residents report their race to be White. Atkins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Atkins include English, Scottish, German, European, and Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Atkins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.