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Lumberport, WV

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Overview


Lumberport is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 703 people and just one neighborhood, Lumberport is the 176th largest community in West Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Lumberport, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 43.62% of Lumberport’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lumberport is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lumberport who work in office and administrative support (42.34%), maintenance occupations (2.98%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (2.55%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lumberport has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lumberport a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Lumberport, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.10 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

Lumberport ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.65% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Lumberport in 2018 was $36,983, 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 $147,932 for a family of four. However, Lumberport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lumberport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lumberport residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Lumberport include Irish, German, Italian, Welsh, and English.

The most common language spoken in Lumberport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 96.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.7% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 29.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 3.7% have Scots-Irish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% 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 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Lumberport are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 10.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 50.3% of America'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, 33.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions (28.2%), and 18.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.7%).

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 Lumberport, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (29.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.7%), and residents who report German roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (6.9%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (96.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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