Vandalia is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 14,938 people and four associated neighborhoods, Vandalia is the 120th largest community in Ohio.

Also of interest is that Vandalia 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: 8.08% 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.

Being a small city, Vandalia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Vandalia is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.27% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Vandalia in 2022 was $42,747, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,988 for a family of four. However, Vandalia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Vandalia is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vandalia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vandalia residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vandalia include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Vandalia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.