Falling Waters is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,440 people and four associated neighborhoods, Falling Waters is the 134th largest community in West Virginia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Falling Waters, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Falling Waters, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Falling Waters’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Falling Waters does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $84,038.00.
Falling Waters real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Falling Waters house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Falling Waters 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: 8.93% 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 town, Falling Waters does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Falling Waters is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.98% of adults 25 and older in Falling Waters have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Falling Waters in 2022 was $26,303, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,212 for a family of four. However, Falling Waters contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Falling Waters home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falling Waters residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Falling Waters include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Slovak.
The most common language spoken in Falling Waters is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.