McGaheysville is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 978 people and two associated neighborhoods, McGaheysville is the 289th largest community in Virginia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, McGaheysville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.14% of the McGaheysville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, McGaheysville is a town of professionals, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in McGaheysville who work in management occupations (11.46%), community and social services (8.77%), and business and financial occupations (8.63%). Also of interest is that McGaheysville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small town, McGaheysville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in McGaheysville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.35% of adults in McGaheysville have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in McGaheysville in 2022 was $38,009, which is middle income relative to Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,036 for a family of four. However, McGaheysville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. McGaheysville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call McGaheysville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of McGaheysville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. McGaheysville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 37.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in McGaheysville include German, Irish, Italian, European, and English. The most common language spoken in McGaheysville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
