Blairs is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 841 people and two associated neighborhoods, Blairs is the 304th largest community in Virginia.Blairs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Blairs is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blairs who work in healthcare suport services (15.53%), sales jobs (10.50%), and food service (9.59%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.26% 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, Blairs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Blairs is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.16% of adults 25 and older in Blairs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Blairs in 2022 was $25,447, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,788 for a family of four. However, Blairs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Blairs is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Blairs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Blairs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Blairs include English, Italian, German, Scots-Irish, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Blairs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
