Dorothy is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 207 people and just one neighborhood, Dorothy is the 250th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Dorothy was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Dorothy economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Dorothy, where the median household income is .
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dorothy is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dorothy is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dorothy who work in healthcare suport services (75.76%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).
A relatively large number of people in Dorothy telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 75.76% 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.
Dorothy’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Dorothy 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. Dorothy has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dorothy than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dorothy may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Dorothy doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Dorothy citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.69% of adults in Dorothy have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Dorothy in 2022 was $7,221, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $28,884 for a family of four.
The people who call Dorothy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dorothy residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Dorothy include English, Swedish, Scandinavian, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Dorothy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 93.5% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.2% of all American 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 25 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 48.3% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dorothy are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 93.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 51.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 94.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 36.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.5%), and 13.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.8%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Dorothy, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (48.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.5%).
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 (46.3% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (93.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.