Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.49 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small town, South Hill does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, South Hill is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.07% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in South Hill in 2018 was $39,665, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $158,660 for a family of four. However, South Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
South Hill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call South Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Hill residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in South Hill include English, German, African, Irish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in South Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
