Bluefield is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 5,001 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bluefield is the 122nd largest community in Virginia.Bluefield is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bluefield is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bluefield who work in office and administrative support (11.37%), teaching (10.30%), and management occupations (9.27%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Being a small town, Bluefield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Bluefield is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.01% of adults in Bluefield have a college degree. The per capita income in Bluefield in 2022 was $34,090, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,360 for a family of four. However, Bluefield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bluefield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bluefield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bluefield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Bluefield include Irish, English, German, Haitian, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Bluefield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Arabic.
