Philippi is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Philippi enrolled in college, Philippi has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Being a small city, Philippi does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Philippi is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.31% of adults 25 and older in Philippi have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Philippi in 2022 was $26,649, 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 $106,596 for a family of four. However, Philippi contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Philippi home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Philippi residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Philippi include German, Irish, English, Welsh, and Hungarian.
The most common language spoken in Philippi is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
