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Daniels - Beaver, WV

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Overview


Daniels - Beaver is a somewhat small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 5,087 people and just one neighborhood, Daniels - Beaver is the 30th largest community in West Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Daniels - Beaver isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Daniels - Beaver are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Daniels - Beaver is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Daniels - Beaver who work in management occupations (17.50%), sales jobs (10.90%), and food service (9.37%).

Of important note, Daniels - Beaver is also a town of artists. Daniels - Beaver has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Daniels - Beaver’s character.

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

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Daniels - Beaver 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. Daniels - Beaver has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Daniels - Beaver than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Daniels - Beaver may be for you.

Being a small town, Daniels - Beaver does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Daniels - Beaver overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Daniels - Beaver, 22.34% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Daniels - Beaver in 2022 was $31,596, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,384 for a family of four. However, Daniels - Beaver contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Daniels - Beaver is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Real Estate

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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.8% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 2.1% have Eastern European ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Daniels - Beaver are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.5% of U.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, 41.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.5%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Daniels - Beaver, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (28.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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