Louisa is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 2,150 people and three associated neighborhoods, Louisa is the 221st largest community in Virginia. Louisa has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Louisa, where the median household income is $55,202.00.Louisa is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Louisa is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Louisa who work in office and administrative support (15.77%), sales jobs (11.24%), and food service (9.54%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Louisa 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.In terms of college education, Louisa is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.05% of adults in Louisa have a college degree. The per capita income in Louisa in 2022 was $39,985, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $159,940 for a family of four. However, Louisa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Louisa is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Louisa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Louisa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Louisa include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Ukrainian. The most common language spoken in Louisa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
