Paden City is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,451 people and just one neighborhood, Paden City is the 87th largest community in West Virginia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Paden City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.23% of the Paden City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Paden City is a city of transportation and shipping workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Paden City who work in teaching (10.58%), sales jobs (7.17%), and business and financial occupations (7.17%).
As is often the case in a small city, Paden City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Paden City with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.70% of adults in Paden City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Paden City in 2022 was $28,090, 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 $112,360 for a family of four. However, Paden City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Paden City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Paden City residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Paden City include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Paden City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.
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 Paden City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 10.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.3%), and 16.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.2%).
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 Paden City, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (13.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.7%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (2.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.