Capron is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 138 people and two associated neighborhoods, Capron is the 409th largest community in Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Capron was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Capron is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Capron is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Capron who work in maintenance occupations (18.97%), management occupations (15.52%), and sales jobs (10.34%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Capron has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Capron has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Capron has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Capron than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Capron may be for you. Capron 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.The percentage of people in Capron with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.24% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Capron in 2022 was $34,127, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $136,508 for a family of four. However, Capron contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Capron is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Capron home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Capron residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Capron include English, Italian, Irish, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Capron is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
