Grundy is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 849 people and three associated neighborhoods, Grundy is the 299th largest community in Virginia.Grundy is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Grundy is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grundy who work in office and administrative support (22.88%), sales jobs (13.98%), and healthcare (9.32%). Also of interest is that Grundy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.29% 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. 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!) Grundy 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. Grundy has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Grundy than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Grundy may be for you. Being a small town, Grundy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Grundy is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.39% of adults in Grundy have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Grundy in 2022 was $24,893, 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 $99,572 for a family of four. However, Grundy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Grundy is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grundy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grundy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grundy include English, German, Irish, Ethiopian, and African. The most common language spoken in Grundy is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Spanish.
