Shady Spring is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,169 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shady Spring is the 66th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Shady Spring was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Shady Spring economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Shady Spring, where the median household income is $70,792.00.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.16% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Shady Spring has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Shady Spring has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Shady Spring than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Shady Spring may be for you.

Shady Spring is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The overall education level of Shady Spring is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.53% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Shady Spring in 2022 was $36,430, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,720 for a family of four. However, Shady Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Shady Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shady Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shady Spring include English, Irish, German, French Canadian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Shady Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.