It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hinton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hinton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hinton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hinton may be for you.
Hinton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The education level of Hinton citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.81% of adults in Hinton have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hinton in 2022 was $25,980, 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 $103,920 for a family of four. However, Hinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hinton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.97% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hinton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hinton include English, Irish, German, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Hinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
