Halifax is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,099 people and three associated neighborhoods, Halifax is the 277th largest community in Virginia.Halifax is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Halifax is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Halifax who work in maintenance occupations (21.96%), healthcare (11.98%), and sales jobs (10.38%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 26.15% 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. 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!) Halifax 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. Halifax has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Halifax than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Halifax may be for you. Being a small town, Halifax does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Halifax citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.79% of adults in Halifax have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Halifax in 2022 was $33,406, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,624 for a family of four. However, Halifax contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Halifax is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Halifax home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Halifax residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Halifax include English, Irish, German, European, and African. The most common language spoken in Halifax is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
