Vansant is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 442 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vansant is the 343rd largest community in Virginia.Vansant is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.17% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vansant is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vansant who work in sales jobs (24.14%), management occupations (24.14%), and teaching (17.24%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Vansant spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.91 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Vansant 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.In terms of college education, Vansant is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.00% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Vansant in 2022 was $33,204, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,816 for a family of four. However, Vansant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Vansant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vansant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vansant include Ghanian, Scots-Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. The most common language spoken in Vansant is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
