Mouth of Wilson is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,797 people and just one neighborhood, Mouth of Wilson is the 231st largest community in Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Mouth of Wilson isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mouth of Wilson are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mouth of Wilson is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mouth of Wilson who work in healthcare (16.16%), the sciences (11.56%), and office and administrative support (7.80%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Mouth of Wilson has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
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!) Mouth of Wilson 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. Mouth of Wilson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mouth of Wilson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mouth of Wilson may be for you.
In Mouth of Wilson, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The rate of college-level education in Mouth of Wilson is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.94% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mouth of Wilson in 2022 was $29,019, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,076 for a family of four. However, Mouth of Wilson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mouth of Wilson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mouth of Wilson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mouth of Wilson include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Mouth of Wilson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 16 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 47.3%, which is higher than 98.5% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 18.8% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Mouth of Wilson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 43.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (18.8%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.7%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Mouth of Wilson, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (4.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.3% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (79.2%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.