St. Marys is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,749 people and two associated neighborhoods, St. Marys is the 114th largest community in West Virginia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Marys is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Marys is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Marys who work in office and administrative support (15.27%), management occupations (8.22%), and personal care services (8.05%). Also of interest is that St. Marys has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.54% 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. Being a small city, St. Marys does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of St. Marys citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.32% of adults in St. Marys have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in St. Marys in 2022 was $42,501, 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 $170,004 for a family of four. However, St. Marys contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call St. Marys home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Marys residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in St. Marys include German, Irish, English, European, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in St. Marys is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
