In Dumfries, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Dumfries is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The percentage of adults in Dumfries who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.88% of the adults in Dumfries have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dumfries in 2022 was $27,134, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,536 for a family of four. However, Dumfries contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dumfries is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dumfries home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Dumfries, accounting for 39.14% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Dumfries residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dumfries include German, Irish, English, Ethiopian, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
Dumfries also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 23.85%.
The most common language spoken in Dumfries is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
