Haymarket is a very small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 1,570 people and three associated neighborhoods, Haymarket is the 245th largest community in Virginia. Haymarket home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Haymarket real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Haymarket is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Haymarket is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Haymarket who work in teaching (13.37%), business and financial occupations (10.00%), and computer science and math (9.13%). Also of interest is that Haymarket has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.84% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Because of many things, Haymarket is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Haymarket really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Haymarket perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Haymarket is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Haymarket, the average commute to work is 33.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. If knowledge is power, Haymarket is a pretty powerful place. 55.03% of the adults in Haymarket have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Haymarket in 2022 was $58,325, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $233,300 for a family of four. Haymarket is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Haymarket home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Haymarket residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Haymarket include English, German, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Haymarket is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
