Kenova - Ceredo is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 4,389 people and just one neighborhood, Kenova - Ceredo is the 36th largest community in West Virginia.
Kenova - Ceredo is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.97% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Kenova - Ceredo is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kenova - Ceredo who work in food service (24.14%), management occupations (15.50%), and sales jobs (14.51%).
One of the benefits of Kenova - Ceredo is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.89 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The education level of Kenova - Ceredo citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.99% of adults 25 and older in Kenova - Ceredo have a college degree.
The per capita income in Kenova - Ceredo in 2022 was $40,342, 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 $161,368 for a family of four. However, Kenova - Ceredo contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Kenova - Ceredo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kenova - Ceredo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kenova - Ceredo include English, Irish, German, Welsh, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Kenova - Ceredo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Korean.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people in choose to walk to work each day (35.9%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.
Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 71.4% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.
There are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (56.6%) than almost any neighborhood in the country. From fast-food service workers to major sales accounts, sales and service workers make up the largest proportion of our national employment picture. But despite that size and importance nationally, this neighborhood still stands out as unique due to the dominance of people living here who work in such occupations.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
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 Kenova - Ceredo are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.2% of U.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, 43.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 35.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (11.7%), and 9.0% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.1%).
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 Kenova - Ceredo, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (6.4%), and residents who report German roots (4.5%), and some of the residents are also of Welsh ancestry (2.6%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.5%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (71.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (47.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (35.9%) and 11.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.