Damascus is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 788 people and just one neighborhood, Damascus is the 308th largest community in Virginia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Damascus is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.24% of the Damascus workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Damascus is a town of transportation and shipping workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Damascus who work in sales jobs (12.85%), management occupations (12.23%), and maintenance occupations (8.46%).
A relatively large number of people in Damascus telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.52% 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.
Damascus 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 adults in Damascus who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.92% of the adults in Damascus have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Damascus in 2022 was $27,301, which is lower middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,204 for a family of four. However, Damascus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Damascus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Damascus residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Damascus include English, Scots-Irish, German, Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Damascus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Damascus, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Our research reveals that 91.7% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Damascus are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 82.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.8% 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, 31.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.2%), and 17.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% 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 Damascus, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (5.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (5.3%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (4.0%).
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (51.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.7%) 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.