Vansant is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 442 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vansant is the 343rd largest community in Virginia.Vansant is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Vansant is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vansant who work in sales jobs (21.81%), management occupations (20.74%), and teaching (15.43%). One of the benefits of Vansant is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.43 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small town, Vansant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Vansant citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.50% of adults in Vansant have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Vansant in 2022 was $27,952, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,808 for a family of four. However, Vansant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Vansant is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Vansant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vansant residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vansant include Ghanian, Scots-Irish, Scottish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Vansant is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
