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 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, Virgie really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Virgie 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. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.05 minutes every day commuting to work. Virgie is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Virgie, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities. As is often the case in a small town, Virgie doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Virgie has a very low overall level of education: only 8.88% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. 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.
