Fort Gay is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 661 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Gay is the 178th largest community in West Virginia.
Fort Gay is a blue-collar town, with 66.43% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Fort Gay is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Gay who work in sales jobs (13.99%), food service (4.20%), and art, media, and design (4.20%).
Of important note, Fort Gay is also a town of artists. Fort Gay has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fort Gay’s character.
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, Fort Gay is worth considering.
One downside of living in Fort Gay, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.79 minutes every day commuting to work.
Fort Gay 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.
In terms of college education, Fort Gay ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 5.31% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Gay in 2022 was $19,434, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,736 for a family of four. Fort Gay also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.73% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Fort Gay home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Gay residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Gay include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Gay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.0% of all neighborhoods in America, with 41.0% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 22.2% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.1% of the adult residents in the neighborhood do not have a 4-year college degree, which is a lower rate of college graduated adults than found in 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.2% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.4% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish 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 Fort Gay are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 91.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 36.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.3%), and 9.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
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 Fort Gay, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report German roots (3.6%), and some of the residents are also of Finnish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.2%) 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 (8.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.