Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Point Pleasant spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.95 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small city, Point Pleasant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant, 23.26% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Point Pleasant in 2018 was $30,990, 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 $123,960 for a family of four. However, Point Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Point Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Point Pleasant residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Point Pleasant include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Point Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
