Because of many things, Spotsylvania is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Spotsylvania really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Spotsylvania perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Spotsylvania, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Spotsylvania citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.06% of adults in Spotsylvania have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Spotsylvania in 2018 was $46,063, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,252 for a family of four. However, Spotsylvania contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spotsylvania is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Spotsylvania home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spotsylvania residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Spotsylvania also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.32% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Spotsylvania include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Spotsylvania is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
