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!) Dry Fork 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. Dry Fork has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dry Fork than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dry Fork may be for you.
Dry Fork 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.
In terms of college education, Dry Fork is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.43% of adults 25 and older in Dry Fork have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dry Fork in 2022 was $32,538, which is middle income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,152 for a family of four. However, Dry Fork contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dry Fork is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dry Fork home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dry Fork residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dry Fork include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Dry Fork is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
