Pound is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 844 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pound is the 298th largest community in Virginia.Pound is a blue-collar town, with 40.33% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Pound is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pound who work in office and administrative support (31.28%), food service (11.52%), and management occupations (5.76%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.00% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pound has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pound a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Pound does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Pound, just 12.86% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Pound in 2022 was $20,222, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,888 for a family of four. The people who call Pound home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pound residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pound include English, Irish, European, German, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Pound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
