Comfort is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 320 people and just one neighborhood, Comfort is the 231st largest community in West Virginia.
When you are in Comfort, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 100.00% of Comfort’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Comfort is a town of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Comfort who work in office and administrative support (0.00%), sales jobs (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%).
A relatively large number of people in Comfort telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 22.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Comfort is worth considering.
One downside of living in Comfort is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Comfort, the average commute to work is 52.50 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Comfort does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Comfort, just 7.75% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Comfort in 2022 was $29,807, 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 $119,228 for a family of four. However, Comfort contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Comfort home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Comfort residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Comfort include Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, U.S. Virgin Islander, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
The most common language spoken in Comfort is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
In the neighborhood, carpooling is still a popular way to get to and from work. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that 26.0% of commuters carpool here, which is more than in 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 32 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Hungarian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Comfort are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 68.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.4% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 21.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.7%), and 17.6% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.1%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Comfort, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.5%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Hungarian ancestry (4.3%), along with some British ancestry residents (2.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (23.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (63.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (26.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.