Dillwyn is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 439 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dillwyn is the 345th largest community in Virginia.Dillwyn is a blue-collar town, with 48.96% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Dillwyn is a town of transportation and shipping workers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dillwyn who work in office and administrative support (14.93%), sales jobs (5.56%), and management occupations (5.56%). 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!) Dillwyn 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. Dillwyn has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dillwyn than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dillwyn may be for you. One downside of living in Dillwyn is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dillwyn, the average commute to work is 32.98 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Dillwyn doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Dillwyn citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.80% of adults 25 and older in Dillwyn have a college degree. The per capita income in Dillwyn in 2022 was $28,595, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,380 for a family of four. However, Dillwyn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dillwyn is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dillwyn home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dillwyn residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Dillwyn include English, African, Irish, German, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Dillwyn is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
