Pearisburg is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 2,832 people and just one neighborhood, Pearisburg is the 182nd largest community in Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Pearisburg isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pearisburg are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pearisburg is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Pearisburg who work in office and administrative support (12.10%), maintenance occupations (10.14%), and management occupations (7.93%).
Also of interest is that Pearisburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pearisburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pearisburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
As is often the case in a small town, Pearisburg doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Pearisburg who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.08% of the adults in Pearisburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Pearisburg in 2022 was $32,565, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,260 for a family of four. However, Pearisburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Pearisburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pearisburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pearisburg include English, European, German, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Pearisburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
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 Pearisburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.1%), and 12.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.4% of households.
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 Pearisburg, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (13.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.4%), and residents who report English roots (7.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (4.0%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.4%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (83.7%) 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 (12.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.