The town 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, Alum Creek has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Alum Creek a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Alum Creek is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Alum Creek, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.38% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, Alum Creek does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Alum Creek rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.49% of adults 25 and older in Alum Creek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Alum Creek in 2022 was $34,995, 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 $139,980 for a family of four. However, Alum Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Alum Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alum Creek residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Alum Creek include English, European, Irish, German, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Alum Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
