Montross is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 336 people and two associated neighborhoods, Montross is the 361st largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Montross is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Montross is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montross who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (32.71%), teaching (17.29%), and sales jobs (10.28%). Also of interest is that Montross has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Montross telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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!) Montross 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. Montross has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Montross than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Montross may be for you. One of the benefits of Montross is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.62 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Montross 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.The education level of Montross citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.10% of adults in Montross have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Montross in 2022 was $68,599, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $274,396 for a family of four. However, Montross contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Montross is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Montross home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montross residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Montross include Scots-Irish, Irish, English, German, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Montross is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
