Rock Cave is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 319 people and just one neighborhood, Rock Cave is the 232nd largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Rock Cave was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Rock Cave economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Rock Cave, where the median household income is $50,481.00.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Rock Cave is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.16% of the Rock Cave workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Rock Cave is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rock Cave who work in office and administrative support (18.18%), sales jobs (14.94%), and maintenance occupations (14.29%).
A relatively large number of people in Rock Cave telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.18% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
The overall crime rate in Rock Cave is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rock Cave is worth considering.
One downside of living in Rock Cave, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.45 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Rock Cave does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Rock Cave is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.66% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Rock Cave in 2022 was $31,030, 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 $124,120 for a family of four. However, Rock Cave contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rock Cave home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rock Cave residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Rock Cave include Irish, English, German, Welsh, and Yugoslavian.
The most common language spoken in Rock Cave is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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 Rock Cave, 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 89.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.3% of all American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
In addition, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.7% of the neighborhoods in America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
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 Rock Cave are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.9% 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 55.4% of America'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, 38.5% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.3%), and 16.7% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.3%).
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 Rock Cave, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (7.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (3.7%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (2.7%), 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 between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.1%) 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.