Virgie is a tiny town located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 274 people and two associated neighborhoods, Virgie is the 364th largest community in Kentucky.Virgie is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Virgie is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Virgie who work in sales jobs (45.38%), healthcare (17.69%), and healthcare suport services (14.62%). Also of interest is that Virgie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Because of many things, Virgie is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Virgie a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Virgie has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Virgie’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family. 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, Virgie is worth considering. One downside of living in Virgie is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Virgie, the average commute to work is 32.05 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Virgie is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Virgie isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. Virgie 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.The citizens of Virgie have a very low rate of college education: just 8.88% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Virgie in 2022 was $18,743, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,972 for a family of four. However, Virgie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Virgie also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.35% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Virgie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Virgie residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Virgie include Scottish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander. The most common language spoken in Virgie is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
