Paw Paw is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 412 people and two associated neighborhoods, Paw Paw is the 215th largest community in West Virginia. Paw Paw has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Paw Paw is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 49.14% of the Paw Paw workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Paw Paw is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Paw Paw who work in food service (21.71%), teaching (7.43%), and healthcare suport services (6.29%). 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. In Paw Paw, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.84 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Paw Paw is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Paw Paw has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.61% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Paw Paw in 2022 was $23,810, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,240 for a family of four. However, Paw Paw contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Paw Paw is a very 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. Paw Paw also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.45% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Paw Paw include German, Irish, Greek, English, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Paw Paw is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
