Belington - Junior is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,480 people and just one neighborhood, Belington - Junior is the second largest community in West Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Belington - Junior isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Belington - Junior are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belington - Junior is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Belington - Junior who work in office and administrative support (16.94%), sales jobs (15.42%), and healthcare (8.23%).
Being a small town, Belington - Junior does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Belington - Junior, just 9.41% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Belington - Junior in 2022 was $22,702, 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 $90,808 for a family of four. However, Belington - Junior contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Belington - Junior home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belington - Junior residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Belington - Junior include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Belington - Junior is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Belington - Junior, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Significantly, 7.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Belington - Junior are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 31.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (25.0%), and 18.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Belington - Junior, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Italian roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (5.0%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (2.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (16.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.