Lynchburg is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 79,287 people and 28 associated neighborhoods, Lynchburg is the 14th largest community in Virginia.

Also of interest is that Lynchburg 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: 9.67% 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.

Lynchburg is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Lynchburg enrolled in college, Lynchburg has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Not only is Lynchburg a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Lynchburg is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Lynchburg a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Lynchburg is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.06 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.

The education level of Lynchburg citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.98% of adults in Lynchburg have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lynchburg in 2018 was $28,478, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,912 for a family of four. However, Lynchburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lynchburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lynchburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lynchburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lynchburg include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Lynchburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.