Logan - Stollings is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,980 people and just one neighborhood, Logan - Stollings is the 108th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Logan - Stollings was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, Logan - Stollings isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Logan - Stollings are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Logan - Stollings is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Logan - Stollings who work in sales jobs (18.05%), food service (16.01%), and management occupations (10.04%).
Logan - Stollings is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The rate of college-level education in Logan - Stollings is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.28% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Logan - Stollings in 2022 was $16,617, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,468 for a family of four. Logan - Stollings also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.06% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Logan - Stollings is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Logan - Stollings home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Logan - Stollings residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Logan - Stollings include Irish, German, English, African, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Logan - Stollings is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Logan - Stollings, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
There are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (58.7%) 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.
The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in the United States.
In the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 13.1% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.5% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!
Did you know that the neighborhood has more African ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.1% of this neighborhood's residents have African 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 Logan - Stollings are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 88.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 41.3% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (24.9%), and 6.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (4.5%).
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 Logan - Stollings, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (10.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.4%), and residents who report English roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Sub-Saharan African ancestry (7.1%), along with some African ancestry residents (7.1%), 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 (49.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (68.1%) 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 (15.4%) and 13.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work 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.