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%). Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Vansant spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.43 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Vansant is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Vansant are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.
