Dante is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 572 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dante is the second largest community in Virginia.Dante is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Dante is a town of sales and office workers, farmers, fishers, or foresters, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dante who work in office and administrative support (59.79%), farm management occupations (14.43%), and healthcare suport services (11.34%). 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, Dante has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Dante a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Dante is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dante, the average commute to work is 33.63 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Dante 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.In terms of college education, Dante ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.67% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Dante in 2022 was $15,397, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,588 for a family of four. Dante also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 38.07% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Dante home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dante residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dante include English, Irish, Scottish, Greek, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Dante is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Italian.
