Falling Waters is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,440 people and four associated neighborhoods, Falling Waters is the 134th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Falling Waters was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Falling Waters economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Falling Waters, where the median household income is $84,038.00. Falling Waters real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Falling Waters house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Falling Waters is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.87% of the Falling Waters workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Falling Waters is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falling Waters who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (16.14%), sales jobs (9.75%), and office and administrative support (7.61%). Also of interest is that Falling Waters has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Falling Waters telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.93% 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. Falling Waters 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.In terms of college education, Falling Waters is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.98% of adults 25 and older in Falling Waters have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Falling Waters in 2022 was $26,303, 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 $105,212 for a family of four. However, Falling Waters contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Falling Waters home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falling Waters residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Falling Waters include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Falling Waters is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
