Nitro is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 6,458 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nitro is the 21st largest community in West Virginia.Unlike some cities, Nitro isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Nitro are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Nitro is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Nitro who work in office and administrative support (14.92%), law enforcement and fire fighting (13.76%), and healthcare suport services (8.87%). 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!) Nitro 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. Nitro has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nitro than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nitro may be for you. Nitro 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 percentage of adults in Nitro with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.45% of adults in Nitro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Nitro in 2022 was $35,027, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,108 for a family of four. However, Nitro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Nitro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nitro residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nitro include German, Irish, English, European, and British. The most common language spoken in Nitro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
