In addition, Charles City is a college town. There are a lot of students in Charles City attending college, and as a result Charles City provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Charles City’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Charles City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.50 minutes every day commuting to work.
Charles City is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Charles City 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.
Charles City 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.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Charles City, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Charles City is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.55% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Charles City in 2022 was $59,865, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $239,460 for a family of four. However, Charles City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Charles City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Charles City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Charles City include German, Irish, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Charles City is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
