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Dante, VA
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Dante is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 572 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dante is the second 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!) Dante 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. Dante has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dante than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dante may be for you.

In Dante, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.05 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Dante 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.

Dante ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.95% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Dante in 2022 was $14,471, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,884 for a family of four. Dante also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Dante home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dante residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dante include English, Irish, Greek, Scottish, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Dante is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Italian.

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