It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Warrenton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Warrenton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Warrenton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Warrenton may be for you.
One of the benefits of Warrenton is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.34 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Warrenton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Warrenton is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.06% of adults 25 and older in Warrenton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Warrenton in 2022 was $42,547, which is wealthy relative to North Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,188 for a family of four. However, Warrenton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Warrenton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Warrenton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Warrenton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Warrenton include English, German, French, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Warrenton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
