Gallipolis Ferry is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 735 people and just one neighborhood, Gallipolis Ferry is the 172nd largest community in West Virginia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Gallipolis Ferry is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 82.56% of the Gallipolis Ferry workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Gallipolis Ferry is a town of production and manufacturing workers, transportation and shipping workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Gallipolis Ferry who work in architecture and engineering (9.30%), office and administrative support (8.14%), and sales jobs (0.00%).
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!) Gallipolis Ferry 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. Gallipolis Ferry has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gallipolis Ferry than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gallipolis Ferry may be for you.
Gallipolis Ferry is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Gallipolis Ferry isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
Gallipolis Ferry 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 Gallipolis Ferry has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Gallipolis Ferry in 2022 was $17,931, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $71,724 for a family of four. However, Gallipolis Ferry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gallipolis Ferry also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 56.13% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Gallipolis Ferry is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gallipolis Ferry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gallipolis Ferry residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Gallipolis Ferry include German, Irish, Scots-Irish, English, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Gallipolis Ferry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 50.5% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.0% of American neighborhoods.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research revealed that 99.0% 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 98.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.3% of all neighborhoods in America, with 30.9% 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.
In addition, uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 45 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.1% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Gallipolis Ferry are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 21.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 71.4% 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, 50.5% 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 19.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (15.0%), and 15.0% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.
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 Gallipolis Ferry, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (7.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (4.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.5%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (2.5%), along with some Asian ancestry residents (1.4%), among others.
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 (35.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (13.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.