Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.95 minutes getting to work every day.
Point Pleasant 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 citizens of Point Pleasant are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.26% of adults in Point Pleasant having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
