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Gallipolis Ferry, WV

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Overview


Gallipolis Ferry is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 735 people and just one neighborhood, Gallipolis Ferry is the 172nd largest community in West Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Gallipolis Ferry, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 81.87% of Gallipolis Ferry’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Gallipolis Ferry is a town of construction workers and builders, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Gallipolis Ferry who work in healthcare suport services (6.43%), office and administrative support (4.68%), and architecture and engineering (4.09%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Gallipolis Ferry 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gallipolis Ferry has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gallipolis Ferry has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gallipolis Ferry than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gallipolis Ferry may be for you.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Gallipolis Ferry spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 14.16 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Gallipolis Ferry does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Gallipolis Ferry is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.27% of adults 25 and older in Gallipolis Ferry have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Gallipolis Ferry in 2022 was $17,321, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,284 for a family of four. Gallipolis Ferry also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.42% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Gallipolis Ferry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gallipolis Ferry residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Gallipolis Ferry include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Gallipolis Ferry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Occupations

NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 52.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 99.4% of American neighborhoods.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.5% of all neighborhoods in America, with 34.2% 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, owner-occupied real estate dominates the neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 95.3% of neighborhoods in America.

Furthermore, 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 90.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 9.6% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.2% of all neighborhoods in America.

People

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 7.7% 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.

Diversity

Significantly, 0.8% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Gallipolis Ferry are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 52.9% 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 21.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.0%), and 10.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Gallipolis Ferry, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (6.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (6.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (3.8%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (1.2%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (35.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (9.6%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (72.8%) 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 (18.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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