Vass is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,035 people and three associated neighborhoods, Vass is the 406th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Vass, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Vass, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Vass’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Vass does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $73,581.00.
Vass is a military town: the armed forces employs 9.06% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 17.97% and 15.14% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Also of interest is that Vass has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.29% 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.
Being a small town, Vass does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Vass is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.83% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Vass in 2022 was $31,939, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,756 for a family of four. However, Vass contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vass is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vass home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vass residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vass include English, European, Scottish, German, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Vass is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.