Chilhowie is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,610 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chilhowie is the 236th largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chilhowie is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chilhowie is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Chilhowie who work in food service (11.52%), healthcare (10.36%), and sales jobs (9.09%). Also of interest is that Chilhowie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Chilhowie 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. Chilhowie has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chilhowie than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chilhowie may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Chilhowie doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Chilhowie citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.33% of adults in Chilhowie have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Chilhowie in 2022 was $26,786, which is low income relative to Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,144 for a family of four. However, Chilhowie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chilhowie is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chilhowie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chilhowie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chilhowie include English, Irish, German, British, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Chilhowie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
