Bruceton Mills is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 63 people and three associated neighborhoods, Bruceton Mills is the 275th largest community in West Virginia. Bruceton Mills real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Bruceton Mills house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bruceton Mills is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bruceton Mills is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bruceton Mills who work in healthcare (55.10%), office and administrative support (12.24%), and management occupations (8.16%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.24% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Bruceton Mills’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. 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!) Bruceton Mills 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. Bruceton Mills has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bruceton Mills than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bruceton Mills may be for you. One downside of living in Bruceton Mills, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.55 minutes every day commuting to work. Bruceton Mills 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.Bruceton Mills ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.08% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Bruceton Mills in 2022 was $43,941, 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 $175,764 for a family of four. However, Bruceton Mills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Bruceton Mills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bruceton Mills residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bruceton Mills include Irish, German, Welsh, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Bruceton Mills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
