Dunbar is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 7,203 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dunbar is the 18th largest community in West Virginia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dunbar is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dunbar is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunbar who work in office and administrative support (13.45%), sales jobs (13.17%), and management occupations (8.87%). Of important note, Dunbar is also a city of artists. Dunbar has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Dunbar’s character. Also of interest is that Dunbar has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of people in Dunbar who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.70% of adults in Dunbar have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dunbar in 2022 was $31,024, 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 $124,096 for a family of four. However, Dunbar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dunbar is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dunbar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunbar residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dunbar include English, Irish, German, Hungarian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Dunbar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
