Goodview is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 3,367 people and just one neighborhood, Goodview is the 164th largest community in Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Goodview isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Goodview are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Goodview is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Goodview who work in healthcare (10.37%), sales jobs (9.74%), and office and administrative support (8.67%).
Also of interest is that Goodview has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Goodview is worth considering.
One downside of living in Goodview, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.38 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Goodview does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Goodview who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.48% of the adults in Goodview have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Goodview in 2018 was $39,132, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,528 for a family of four. However, Goodview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Goodview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Goodview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Goodview include English, German, Irish, African, and French.
The most common language spoken in Goodview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Our research reveals that 93.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 98.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Goodview are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 55.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.3%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Goodview, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (10.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (4.2%), along with some African ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (93.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.