Moorefield is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,487 people and two associated neighborhoods, Moorefield is the 89th largest community in West Virginia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Moorefield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.45% of the Moorefield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Moorefield is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moorefield who work in maintenance occupations (19.82%), sales jobs (10.20%), and management occupations (9.04%). A relatively large number of people in Moorefield telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.56% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Moorefield has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Moorefield a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the benefits of Moorefield is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.39 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. As is often the case in a small town, Moorefield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Moorefield, just 7.48% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Moorefield in 2022 was $28,688, 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 $114,752 for a family of four. However, Moorefield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Moorefield is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Moorefield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moorefield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moorefield include German, Irish, Welsh, Haitian, and English. The most common language spoken in Moorefield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
