Fincastle is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 767 people and just one neighborhood, Fincastle is the 310th largest community in Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Fincastle was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Fincastle is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fincastle is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fincastle who work in teaching (17.72%), sales jobs (13.92%), and healthcare (9.28%).
Of important note, Fincastle is also a town of artists. Fincastle has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fincastle’s character.
Overall, Fincastle’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small town, Fincastle does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Fincastle citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.60% of adults in Fincastle have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fincastle in 2018 was $27,621, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,484 for a family of four. However, Fincastle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fincastle is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fincastle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fincastle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fincastle include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Fincastle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish 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.
Of particular note, 3.6% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
In addition, if you are planning to retire in Virginia, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Virginia, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 97.0% of neighborhoods in VA. If a Virginia retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit.
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 Fincastle are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 64.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 20.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.9%), and 19.6% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.8% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Fincastle, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (13.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.1%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (86.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.