Hepzibah - Spelter is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,082 people and just one neighborhood, Hepzibah - Spelter is the 107th largest community in West Virginia. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Hepzibah - Spelter, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Hepzibah - Spelter, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Hepzibah - Spelter’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Hepzibah - Spelter does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $59,265.00.
Unlike some towns, Hepzibah - Spelter isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hepzibah - Spelter are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hepzibah - Spelter is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hepzibah - Spelter who work in sales jobs (14.47%), healthcare (14.47%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.46%).
Also of interest is that Hepzibah - Spelter has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small town, Hepzibah - Spelter does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Hepzibah - Spelter is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.67% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Hepzibah - Spelter in 2022 was $38,270, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,080 for a family of four. However, Hepzibah - Spelter contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hepzibah - Spelter home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hepzibah - Spelter residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hepzibah - Spelter include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Lebanese.
The most common language spoken in Hepzibah - Spelter is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Hepzibah - Spelter, 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 92.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.6% of all American neighborhoods.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 13.6% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 96.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Lebanese ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
The freedom of moving to new places versus the comfort of home. How much and how often people move not only can create diverse and worldly neighborhoods, but simultaneously it can produce a loss of intimacy with one's surroundings and a lack of connectedness to one's neighbors. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research has identified this neighborhood as unique with regard to the transience of its populace. In the neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 98.5% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.
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 Hepzibah - Spelter are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 48.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 93.6% 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, 37.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 30.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (22.1%), and 13.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (6.7%).
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 Hepzibah - Spelter, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (14.6%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (8.5%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.0%), along with some Arab ancestry residents (2.0%), 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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (54.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (92.1%) 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.