Hinton is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,159 people and three associated neighborhoods, Hinton is the 99th largest community in West Virginia. Hinton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Hinton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hinton is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hinton who work in teaching (11.48%), office and administrative support (11.33%), and healthcare suport services (8.91%). The city 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, Hinton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Hinton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Hinton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Hinton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.81% of adults in Hinton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Hinton in 2022 was $25,980, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,920 for a family of four. However, Hinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hinton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.97% of its population below the federal poverty line.Hinton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hinton include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Hinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
