Buena Vista is a somewhat small city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 6,566 people and two associated neighborhoods, Buena Vista is the 102nd largest community in Virginia.

A relatively large number of people in Buena Vista telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.40% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Buena Vista is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Buena Vista enrolled in college, Buena Vista has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

One of the benefits of Buena Vista is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.98 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

The citizens of Buena Vista are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.73% of adults in Buena Vista having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Buena Vista in 2022 was $33,175, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,700 for a family of four. However, Buena Vista contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Buena Vista is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.