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Idamay - Carolina, WV

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Overview


Idamay - Carolina is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,581 people and just one neighborhood, Idamay - Carolina is the 54th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Idamay - Carolina was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Idamay - Carolina is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Idamay - Carolina is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Idamay - Carolina who work in sales jobs (12.81%), community and social services (10.52%), and office and administrative support (9.74%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.25% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

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

As is often the case in a small town, Idamay - Carolina doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Idamay - Carolina with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.27% of adults in Idamay - Carolina have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Idamay - Carolina in 2018 was $30,983, 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 $123,932 for a family of four. However, Idamay - Carolina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Idamay - Carolina is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Urdu.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Idamay - Carolina, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

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.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.5% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of West Virginia. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Significantly, 8.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Idamay - Carolina are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 34.6% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.9%), and 13.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Idamay - Carolina, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (17.0%), and residents who report German roots (16.9%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (10.6%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.0%), 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 (32.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.1%) 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 (6.3%) . 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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