Fort Gay is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 664 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Gay is the 178th largest community in West Virginia.
When you are in Fort Gay, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 54.91% of Fort Gay’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Fort Gay is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Gay who work in sales jobs (15.03%), healthcare suport services (9.25%), and office and administrative support (8.09%).
Of important note, Fort Gay is also a town of artists. Fort Gay has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fort Gay’s character.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Fort Gay is worth considering.
One downside of living in Fort Gay is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Gay, the average commute to work is 35.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Fort Gay is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
Fort Gay ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 2.71% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Fort Gay in 2022 was $16,204, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,816 for a family of four. Fort Gay also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.88% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Fort Gay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Gay residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Gay include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Gay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 95.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.5% of all American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 22.0% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.7% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 20.8% have English ancestry.
Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fort Gay are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 92.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.3%), and 15.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support 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 95.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Fort Gay, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Finnish roots (2.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (95.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.