Keswick is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 321 people and two associated neighborhoods, Keswick is the 364th largest community in Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Keswick was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Keswick economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Keswick, where the median household income is $250,001.00.
Keswick home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Keswick real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
A relatively large number of people in Keswick telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 87.65% 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.
In addition, Keswick is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
Because of many things, Keswick 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, Keswick really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Keswick 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.
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, Keswick has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Keswick a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Keswick spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.75 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Keswick does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Keswick, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Keswick is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 87.84% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Keswick in 2022 was $264,679, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $1,058,716 for a family of four.
The people who call Keswick home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Keswick residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Keswick include Scots-Irish, German, Irish, Hungarian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Keswick is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Slavic languages.