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Charleston, WV
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Charleston profile


Living in Charleston



Charleston is a medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 47,129 people and 29 constituent neighborhoods, Charleston is the largest community in West Virginia.

Also of interest is that Charleston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.38 minutes getting to work every day.

The citizens of Charleston are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.83% of adults in Charleston have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Charleston in 2018 was $39,571, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,284 for a family of four. However, Charleston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Charleston is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Charleston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Charleston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Charleston include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Charleston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.