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Poca, WV

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Overview


Poca is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 864 people and just one neighborhood, Poca is the 162nd largest community in West Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Poca isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Poca are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Poca is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Poca who work in office and administrative support (15.11%), maintenance occupations (12.05%), and sales jobs (8.27%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

Demographics

The population of Poca 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 Poca, 21.56% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Poca in 2018 was $30,944, 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 $123,776 for a family of four. However, Poca contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Poca is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.

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.

Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.8% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.2% of all American neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry.

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 Poca are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 43.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.1% 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, 30.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.0%), and 19.3% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

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 Poca, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (9.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of Arab ancestry (2.7%), along with some Lebanese ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 (62.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (90.8%) 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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