Pound is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 852 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pound is the 298th largest community in Virginia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Pound is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.39% of the Pound workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Pound is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pound who work in office and administrative support (22.95%), food service (11.48%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (6.15%). A relatively large number of people in Pound telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pound has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pound a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Pound does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Pound rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.15% of adults 25 and older in Pound have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Pound in 2022 was $19,443, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,772 for a family of four. Pound also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.73% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Pound home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pound residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pound include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and British. The most common language spoken in Pound is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
