Mount Crawford is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 243 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Mount Crawford is the 385th largest community in Virginia. Mount Crawford has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Crawford is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Crawford is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Crawford who work in management occupations (12.82%), sales jobs (12.82%), and healthcare (11.11%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 11.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Mount Crawford is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Mount Crawford enrolled in college, Mount Crawford has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Being a small town, Mount Crawford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Mount Crawford Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Mount Crawford is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 23.03% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mount Crawford in 2000 was $14,856, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $59,424 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Mount Crawford is English. Some people also speak Spanish.