Lumberport is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 695 people and just one neighborhood, Lumberport is the 176th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Lumberport was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Lumberport, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.17% of Lumberport’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lumberport is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lumberport who work in office and administrative support (41.68%), personal care services (6.05%), and maintenance occupations (4.32%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Lumberport has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Lumberport a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Lumberport, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.88 minutes every day commuting to work.
Lumberport is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Lumberport 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. 97.18% 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.
Lumberport 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 citizens of Lumberport have a very low rate of college education: just 6.48% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Lumberport in 2022 was $36,815, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,260 for a family of four. However, Lumberport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lumberport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lumberport residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Lumberport include Irish, German, Italian, Russian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Lumberport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Lumberport, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 97.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.8% of all American neighborhoods.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 27.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 99.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Furthermore, from major sales accounts to fast-food workers, sales and service employees are often the backbone of the local economy. In the neighborhood, they truly stand out. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis identifies this neighborhood as having a higher percentage of sales and service workers than 95.9% of all American neighborhoods.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.5% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Irish and Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 31.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 3.9% have Scots-Irish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 95.1% 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.
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 Lumberport are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.2% of America'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, 38.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions, with 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (26.2%), and 17.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.7%).
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 Lumberport, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (31.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (7.0%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.9%), along with some English ancestry residents (3.9%), 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 (53.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (97.4%) 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.