Lesage is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Lesage enrolled in college, Lesage has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Lesage is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Lesage 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. 96.64% 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.
As is often the case in a small town, Lesage doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Lesage, just 10.44% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Lesage in 2022 was $21,047, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $84,188 for a family of four.
The people who call Lesage home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lesage residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Lesage include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Lesage is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
