Newburg is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 258 people and just one neighborhood, Newburg is the 239th largest community in West Virginia. Newburg has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Newburg, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.49% of Newburg’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Newburg is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newburg who work in office and administrative support (13.16%), law enforcement and fire fighting (12.28%), and sales jobs (9.65%).
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, Newburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Newburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Newburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Newburg, the average commute to work is 47.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Newburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Newburg is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.17% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Newburg in 2022 was $28,978, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,912 for a family of four. However, Newburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Newburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Newburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Newburg include German, Irish, European, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Newburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
The neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of West Virginia. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools.
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 Newburg are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.8% 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 65.5% 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, 32.9% 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 29.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.5%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.9% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.2%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Newburg, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (18.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (16.4%), and residents who report English roots (6.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.3%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (82.3%) 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 (12.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.