Overall, Paw Paw’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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, Paw Paw has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Paw Paw a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Paw Paw, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 41.36 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Paw Paw doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Paw Paw have a very low rate of college education: just 6.56% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Paw Paw in 2022 was $27,620, 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 $110,480 for a family of four. However, Paw Paw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Paw Paw is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Paw Paw home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paw Paw residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Paw Paw include Irish, German, English, Greek, and European.
The most common language spoken in Paw Paw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
