Amelia Court House is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 965 people and two associated neighborhoods, Amelia Court House is the 291st largest community in Virginia.
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!) Amelia Court House 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. Amelia Court House has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Amelia Court House than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Amelia Court House may be for you.
One downside of living in Amelia Court House is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Amelia Court House, the average commute to work is 33.15 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Amelia Court House does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Amelia Court House have a very low rate of college education: just 8.47% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Amelia Court House in 2018 was $24,425, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,700 for a family of four. However, Amelia Court House contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Amelia Court House also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.87% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Amelia Court House is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Amelia Court House home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Amelia Court House residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Amelia Court House include Irish, French, German, English, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Amelia Court House is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.