Pennington Gap is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,575 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pennington Gap is the 239th largest community in Virginia.Pennington Gap is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pennington Gap is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pennington Gap who work in healthcare suport services (16.32%), office and administrative support (14.24%), and food service (8.90%). Of important note, Pennington Gap is also a town of artists. Pennington Gap has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Pennington Gap’s character. A relatively large number of people in Pennington Gap telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.91% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In Pennington Gap, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.41 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Pennington Gap does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Pennington Gap rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.38% of adults 25 and older in Pennington Gap have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Pennington Gap in 2022 was $15,060, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,240 for a family of four. Pennington Gap also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 56.78% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Pennington Gap home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pennington Gap residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pennington Gap include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Pennington Gap is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Spanish.
