Bon Air is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 16,196 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Bon Air is the 62nd largest community in Virginia.

Bon Air is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.29% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bon Air is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bon Air who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.17%), sales jobs (13.42%), and management occupations (13.03%).

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

In addition, Bon Air is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Bon Air is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bon Air really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bon Air perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Bon Air is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 98.3% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Bon Air.

Bon Air Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bon Air, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bon Air is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 45.41% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bon Air in 2000 was $26,527, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,108 for a family of four. However, Bon Air contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Bon Air is English.