Charles City is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Charles City enrolled in college, Charles City has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
The overall crime rate in Charles City is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One downside of living in Charles City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.36 minutes every day commuting to work.
Charles City is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Charles City isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
As is often the case in a small town, Charles City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Charles City, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Charles City is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 60.00% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Charles City in 2022 was $56,566, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $226,264 for a family of four. However, Charles City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Charles City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Charles City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Charles City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Charles City include Irish, German, English, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Charles City is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
