Jane Lew is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 398 people and just one neighborhood, Jane Lew is the 216th largest community in West Virginia. Jane Lew has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Jane Lew real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Jane Lew house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Jane Lew is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Jane Lew is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Jane Lew who work in sales jobs (13.99%), office and administrative support (9.47%), and management occupations (8.23%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.07% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Jane Lew doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Jane Lew is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.98% of adults 25 and older in Jane Lew have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jane Lew in 2022 was $27,852, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,408 for a family of four. However, Jane Lew contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jane Lew is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jane Lew home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jane Lew residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Jane Lew include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Jane Lew is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
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.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 11.4% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of West Virginia. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
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 Jane Lew are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 19.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.7% 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, 44.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.9%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.0%).
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 Jane Lew, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (15.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.9%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (2.9%), 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 (36.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.9%) 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 (11.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.