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Charlottesville, VA
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Living in Charlottesville



Charlottesville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 45,373 people and 30 associated neighborhoods, Charlottesville is the 21st largest community in Virginia.

Charlottesville real estate is some of the most expensive in Virginia, although Charlottesville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Charlottesville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.09% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In addition, Charlottesville is a college town. There are a lot of students in Charlottesville attending college, and as a result Charlottesville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

Charlottesville, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

One of the benefits of Charlottesville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.28 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.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Charlottesville is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Charlottesville area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Charlottesville. 58.94% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Charlottesville in 2018 was $45,625, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,500 for a family of four. However, Charlottesville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Charlottesville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.