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Fort Gay, WV

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Overview


Fort Gay is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 664 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Gay is the 178th largest community in West Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Fort Gay, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 54.91% of Fort Gay’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Fort Gay is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Gay who work in sales jobs (15.03%), healthcare suport services (9.25%), and office and administrative support (8.09%).

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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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!) Fort Gay 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. Fort Gay has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Gay than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Gay may be for you.

One downside of living in Fort Gay is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fort Gay, the average commute to work is 35.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Fort Gay doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Fort Gay ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 2.71% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Gay in 2022 was $16,204, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $64,816 for a family of four. Fort Gay also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.88% 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 English, Irish, German, Italian, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Fort Gay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 95.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 98.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 44.5% 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.

People

Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 22.0% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, neighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 93.7% 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 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 20.8% have English ancestry.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

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 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 92.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.0% of U.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, 34.2% 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 28.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.3%), and 15.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 95.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 (20.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.6%), and residents who report Finnish roots (2.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (95.1%) 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.


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