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. One downside of living in Pennington Gap, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.41 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Pennington Gap does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Pennington Gap are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.38% of adults in Pennington Gap have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree 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.
