Glen Allen is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 12,770 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Glen Allen is the 79th largest community in Virginia.

Unlike some towns, Glen Allen isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Glen Allen are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Glen Allen is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Glen Allen who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.25%), sales jobs (13.84%), and management occupations (9.84%).

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

In addition, Glen Allen is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Glen Allen is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Glen Allen 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, Glen Allen has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Glen Allen's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Glen Allen by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.7% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Glen Allen may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Glen Allen 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.

Glen Allen Information and Demographics

The education level of Glen Allen citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 36.33% of adults in Glen Allen have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Glen Allen in 2000 was $25,719, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,876 for a family of four. However, Glen Allen contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Glen Allen is English.