Dunn Loring is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 9,464 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dunn Loring is the 77th largest community in Virginia. Dunn Loring home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Dunn Loring real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Dunn Loring is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.38% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dunn Loring is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunn Loring who work in management occupations (24.28%), computer science and math (12.94%), and business and financial occupations (8.97%). Also of interest is that Dunn Loring has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 24.08% 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. In addition, Dunn Loring is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Dunn Loring is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Dunn Loring really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Dunn Loring perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. In Dunn Loring, a lot of people use the subway to get to work every day though Dunn Loring is a relatively small town. Those that ride the subway are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.If knowledge is power, Dunn Loring is a pretty powerful place. 78.46% of the adults in Dunn Loring have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Dunn Loring in 2022 was $89,174, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $356,696 for a family of four. Dunn Loring is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dunn Loring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunn Loring residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Dunn Loring also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.06% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dunn Loring include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French. Dunn Loring also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.08%. The most common language spoken in Dunn Loring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
