Rice is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 3,409 people and just one neighborhood, Rice is the 159th largest community in Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Rice isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rice are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rice is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rice who work in management occupations (16.67%), healthcare suport services (11.63%), and healthcare (10.34%).
As is often the case in a small town, Rice doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Rice is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.33% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Rice in 2022 was $33,867, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,468 for a family of four. However, Rice contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rice is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rice home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rice residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rice include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Rice is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Laotian.
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With 1.7% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 95.7% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Rice are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 61.3% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 41.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 20.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.1%), and 17.5% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Rice, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (1.6%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.