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Jane Lew, WV

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Overview


Jane Lew is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 398 people and just one neighborhood, Jane Lew is the 216th largest community in West Virginia. Jane Lew has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Jane Lew real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Jane Lew house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jane Lew is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jane Lew is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jane Lew who work in sales jobs (13.99%), office and administrative support (9.47%), and management occupations (8.23%).

A relatively large number of people in Jane Lew telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.07% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Jane Lew is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.98% of adults 25 and older in Jane Lew have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jane Lew in 2018 was $27,852, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,408 for a family of four. However, Jane Lew contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Jane Lew is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jane Lew home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jane Lew residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Jane Lew include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Jane Lew is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.

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

People

The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 8.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of West Virginia. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.

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 Jane Lew are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 44.1% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.9%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Jane Lew, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.9%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 (36.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (11.2%) . 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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