Cedar Grove - Glasgow is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 4,180 people and just one neighborhood, Cedar Grove - Glasgow is the 41st largest community in West Virginia.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cedar Grove - Glasgow is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cedar Grove - Glasgow is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Cedar Grove - Glasgow who work in sales jobs (16.48%), office and administrative support (15.52%), and healthcare suport services (9.53%).
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!) Cedar Grove - Glasgow 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. Cedar Grove - Glasgow has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Cedar Grove - Glasgow than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Cedar Grove - Glasgow may be for you.
In Cedar Grove - Glasgow, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.66 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Cedar Grove - Glasgow, even though it is a small town, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, town who have a need for low-cost transportation.
In terms of college education, Cedar Grove - Glasgow ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.53% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cedar Grove - Glasgow in 2022 was $25,325, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,300 for a family of four. However, Cedar Grove - Glasgow contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Cedar Grove - Glasgow home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cedar Grove - Glasgow residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Grove - Glasgow include English, Irish, German, Icelander, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Cedar Grove - Glasgow is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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 Cedar Grove - Glasgow, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 97.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 40.2% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 33 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.2% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 95.5% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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 Cedar Grove - Glasgow are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 10.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 50.1% of America'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, 28.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (25.1%), and 20.4% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.9%).
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 Cedar Grove - Glasgow, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (12.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report German roots (3.7%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (3.0%), along with some Hungarian ancestry residents (1.7%), among others.
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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (77.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (10.7%) and 10.0% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.