About Hinton

Hinton is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 710 people and just one neighborhood, Hinton is the 352nd largest community in Virginia.

When you are in Hinton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 63.3% of Hinton's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Hinton is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hinton who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.50%), food service (7.99%), and sales jobs (6.21%).

A relatively large number of people in Hinton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.91% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Hinton is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Hinton isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Hinton 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.

Hinton Information and Demographics

The population of Hinton has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.03% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Hinton in 2000 was $12,366, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $49,464 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Hinton is English.