Masontown is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 508 people and just one neighborhood, Masontown is the 197th largest community in West Virginia.
Masontown is a blue-collar town, with 35.67% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Masontown is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Masontown who work in sales jobs (23.98%), office and administrative support (16.37%), and farm management occupations (10.53%).
Overall, Masontown’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Masontown is worth considering.
One downside of living in Masontown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Masontown, the average commute to work is 34.12 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Masontown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Masontown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.89% of the adults in Masontown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Masontown in 2022 was $27,997, 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 $111,988 for a family of four. However, Masontown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Masontown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Masontown residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Masontown include German, European, English, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Masontown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Masontown is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in WV, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 89.9% of the neighborhoods in West Virginia. If you are considering retiring to West Virginia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.
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 Masontown are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 32.6% 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 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.6%), and 18.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.4% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.5%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Masontown, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report English roots (10.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (1.9%), 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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (78.6%) 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 (14.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.