It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Cana has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Cana has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cana than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cana may be for you.
Cana is a very car-oriented town. 97.37% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Cana is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Cana has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
Being a small town, Cana does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Cana are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.87% of adults in Cana having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cana in 2022 was $43,929, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $175,716 for a family of four. However, Cana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cana home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cana residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cana include English, Italian, Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Cana is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
