Castlewood is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,704 people and two associated neighborhoods, Castlewood is the 233rd largest community in Virginia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Castlewood is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.18% of the Castlewood workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Castlewood is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Castlewood who work in sales jobs (13.24%), office and administrative support (12.06%), and teaching (7.06%). 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!) Castlewood 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. Castlewood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Castlewood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Castlewood may be for you. In Castlewood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.11 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Castlewood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Castlewood with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.20% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Castlewood in 2022 was $30,454, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,816 for a family of four. However, Castlewood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Castlewood also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.75% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Castlewood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Castlewood residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Castlewood include Irish, English, German, European, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Castlewood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
