Lake Barcroft is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 9,041 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Lake Barcroft is the 98th largest community in Virginia.

Lake Barcroft is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.03% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Barcroft is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Barcroft who work in management occupations (15.51%), office and administrative support jobs (10.54%), and computer science and math (10.44%).

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

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

In addition, Lake Barcroft 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, Lake Barcroft 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, Lake Barcroft really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Lake Barcroft 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.

One downside of living in Lake Barcroft, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.22 minutes every day commuting to work.

Despite the fact that Lake Barcroft is a relatively small town, the public transit system is fairly well used to commute to work. Many people choose to use the bus, often traveling to the central city in the region.

Lake Barcroft Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Lake Barcroft. 61.29% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lake Barcroft in 2000 was $46,293, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $185,172 for a family of four. However, Lake Barcroft contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Barcroft is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Barcroft home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Barcroft is White, followed by Asian. Lake Barcroft also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.19% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Barcroft include English, Irish, German, European, Russian, Italian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Lake Barcroft's cultural character, accounting for 27.70% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Lake Barcroft are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Lake Barcroft is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, and Arabic.