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, Yorktown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Yorktown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Yorktown is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
One downside of living in Yorktown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.98 minutes every day commuting to work.
Yorktown 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.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Yorktown, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Yorktown is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 87.44% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Yorktown in 2022 was $48,696, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $194,784 for a family of four. However, Yorktown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Yorktown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Yorktown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Yorktown include English, French, German, Irish, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Yorktown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
