Vilas is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 6,200 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vilas is the 138th largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Vilas is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vilas is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vilas who work in management occupations (10.01%), maintenance occupations (9.43%), and teaching (8.28%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.60% 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. Because of many things, Vilas is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Vilas really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Vilas perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. 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, Vilas has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vilas a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Vilas is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Vilas, the average commute to work is 30.57 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Vilas 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.The citizens of Vilas are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.01% of adults in Vilas have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Vilas in 2022 was $35,520, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,080 for a family of four. However, Vilas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Vilas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vilas residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vilas include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Vilas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
