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!) Moorefield 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. Moorefield has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Moorefield than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Moorefield may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Moorefield spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.39 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Moorefield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Moorefield has a very low overall level of education: only 7.48% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
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.
