Idamay - Carolina is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,576 people and just one neighborhood, Idamay - Carolina is the 54th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Idamay - Carolina was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Idamay - Carolina is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Idamay - Carolina is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Idamay - Carolina who work in community and social services (11.46%), healthcare (10.61%), and office and administrative support (8.75%).
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Idamay - Carolina has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Idamay - Carolina has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Idamay - Carolina than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Idamay - Carolina may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Idamay - Carolina doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of adults in Idamay - Carolina with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 14.14% of adults in Idamay - Carolina have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Idamay - Carolina in 2022 was $30,747, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,988 for a family of four. However, Idamay - Carolina contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Idamay - Carolina home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Idamay - Carolina residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Idamay - Carolina include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Idamay - Carolina is English. Other important languages spoken here include Urdu and Persian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.3% 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 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Idamay - Carolina are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 13.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.2% 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, 38.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.1%), and 10.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Idamay - Carolina, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (20.9%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.8%), and residents who report English roots (16.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (9.3%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 (35.5% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.7%) 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 (8.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.