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Vilas, NC
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Living in Vilas



Vilas is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,269 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vilas is the 138th largest community in North Carolina.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.10% 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.

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

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Vilas has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Vilas has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vilas than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vilas may be for you.

In Vilas, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.27 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Vilas 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.

The overall education level of Vilas citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.92% of adults in Vilas have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Vilas in 2018 was $32,140, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,560 for a family of four. However, Vilas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Vilas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vilas residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vilas include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Vilas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.


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