Leon is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 133 people and just one neighborhood, Leon is the 266th largest community in West Virginia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Leon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.74% of the Leon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Leon is a town of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Leon who work in food service (18.09%), legal occupations (14.89%), and personal care services (10.64%).
The overall crime rate in Leon is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Leon is worth considering.
One downside of living in Leon is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Leon, the average commute to work is 35.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Leon doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Leon ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.61% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Leon in 2022 was $11,224, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $44,896 for a family of four. Leon also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.23% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Leon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leon residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Leon include French Canadian, German, English, Irish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Leon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.8% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.0% 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 29 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 92.9% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.
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 Leon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.2% 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, 46.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 18.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.3%), and 17.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.9% of households.
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 Leon, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (5.7%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (3.7%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (3.0%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
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 (49.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (10.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.