Rupert is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 847 people and just one neighborhood, Rupert is the 161st largest community in West Virginia.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Rupert is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rupert is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rupert who work in food service (34.07%), sales jobs (21.05%), and maintenance occupations (7.76%).
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Rupert is worth considering.
One downside of living in Rupert, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.31 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Rupert doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Rupert ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.85% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Rupert in 2022 was $15,552, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,208 for a family of four. However, Rupert contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rupert also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.10% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Rupert home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rupert residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Rupert include Irish, Welsh, English, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Rupert is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
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.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 91.6% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.4% of all American neighborhoods.
Astoundingly, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of divorcees living here than of any neighborhood, a higher concentration than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. This may be because people living here divorce more often than others, or that divorced people move here after they become divorced. If you are divorced, you will be in good company in this particular Rupert neighborhood.
In addition, the neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (58.3%) than found in 96.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.
There are more people living in the neighborhood employed as sales and service workers (59.9%) 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.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.8% 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 Rupert are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 94.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 58.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.1% 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 27.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.5%), and 11.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.4%).
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 Rupert, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (6.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.6%), and residents who report English roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (1.3%).
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 between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (91.6%) 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 (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.