Shady Spring is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,169 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shady Spring is the 66th largest community in West Virginia. Shady Spring has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Shady Spring, where the median household income is $70,792.00. Shady Spring real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Shady Spring house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Shady Spring is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shady Spring is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shady Spring who work in management occupations (18.29%), healthcare (12.96%), and sales jobs (9.72%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.16% 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shady Spring has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shady Spring a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Shady Spring does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Shady Spring is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.53% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Shady Spring in 2022 was $36,430, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,720 for a family of four. However, Shady Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Shady Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shady Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shady Spring include English, Irish, German, French Canadian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Shady Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.
