Being a small city, Hinton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Hinton with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.31% of adults in Hinton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hinton in 2022 was $23,378, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,512 for a family of four. However, Hinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hinton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.63% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Hinton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hinton include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Hinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
