Falling Waters is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,440 people and four associated neighborhoods, Falling Waters is the 134th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Falling Waters was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Falling Waters economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Falling Waters, where the median household income is $87,632.00. Falling Waters real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Falling Waters house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Falling Waters, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 45.34% of Falling Waters’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Falling Waters is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falling Waters who work in office and administrative support (11.90%), management occupations (9.23%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.63%). Also of interest is that Falling Waters has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.12% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, Falling Waters does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Falling Waters citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.98% of adults in Falling Waters have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Falling Waters in 2022 was $30,300, 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 $121,200 for a family of four. However, Falling Waters contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Falling Waters home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falling Waters residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Falling Waters include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Falling Waters is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
