Callaway is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 4,293 people and just one neighborhood, Callaway is the 138th largest community in Virginia.
Callaway is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Callaway is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Callaway who work in management occupations (9.96%), teaching (9.30%), and healthcare (9.12%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.03% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 Callaway, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.77 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Callaway doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Callaway citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.53% of adults 25 and older in Callaway have a college degree.
The per capita income in Callaway in 2022 was $31,348, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,392 for a family of four. However, Callaway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Callaway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Callaway residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Callaway include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Callaway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 44 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Callaway are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 37.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 35.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 34.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 9.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Callaway, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (4.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (80.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.