Dante is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 572 people and two associated neighborhoods, Dante is the second largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns, Dante isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Dante are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dante is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Dante who work in office and administrative support (60.94%), sales jobs (9.38%), and farm management occupations (6.25%). 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!) Dante 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. Dante has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dante than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dante may be for you. One downside of living in Dante is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Dante, the average commute to work is 33.05 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Dante does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Dante ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.95% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Dante in 2022 was $14,471, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,884 for a family of four. Dante also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.20% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Dante home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dante residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dante include English, Irish, Greek, Scottish, and Yugoslavian. The most common language spoken in Dante is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Italian.
