Another notable thing is that Yorktown is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Yorktown is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
Yorktown 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.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Yorktown, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Yorktown is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 93.75% 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 Yorktown in 2022 was $45,688, which is upper middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,752 for a family of four. However, Yorktown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Yorktown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yorktown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Yorktown include English, German, French, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
In addition, Yorktown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.97%).
The most common language spoken in Yorktown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
