One of the benefits of Point Pleasant is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.95 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Point Pleasant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Point Pleasant citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.26% of adults in Point Pleasant have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Point Pleasant in 2022 was $30,990, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,960 for a family of four. However, Point Pleasant contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Point Pleasant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Point Pleasant residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Point Pleasant include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Point Pleasant is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and West Germanic languages.
