Floyd is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 449 people and two associated neighborhoods, Floyd is the 342nd largest community in Virginia.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Floyd is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Floyd is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Floyd who work in teaching (17.15%), management occupations (15.69%), and maintenance occupations (8.03%). Also of interest is that Floyd has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.43% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One of the benefits of Floyd is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.49 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. Being a small town, Floyd does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Floyd is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.59% of adults in Floyd have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Floyd in 2022 was $33,372, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $133,488 for a family of four. However, Floyd contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Floyd is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Floyd home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Floyd residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Floyd also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.81% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Floyd include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in Floyd is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
