About Washington

Washington is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 179 people and just one neighborhood, Washington is the 391st largest community in Virginia.

Washington is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Washington is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Washington who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.46%), sales jobs (10.31%), and art, media and design (9.28%).

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

In Washington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 45.85 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Washington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Washington Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Washington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.33% of adults in Washington have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Washington in 2000 was $29,265, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $117,060 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Washington is English.