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Cottageville, WV

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Overview


Cottageville is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 114 people and just one neighborhood, Cottageville is the 272nd largest community in West Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cottageville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cottageville is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cottageville who work in office and administrative support (42.86%), teaching (22.45%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Cottageville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.60 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small town, Cottageville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The overall education level of Cottageville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.32% of adults in Cottageville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Cottageville in 2022 was $10,716, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $42,864 for a family of four. However, Cottageville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cottageville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cottageville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Cottageville include Polish, Irish, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Cottageville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, is among the best neighborhoods for families in West Virginia. In fact, this neighborhood is more family-friendly than 96.0% of neighborhoods in the entire state of West Virginia. Its combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes gives this area the look and feel of a "Leave It to Beaver" episode. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a strong sense of community. In addition, the high number of college-educated parents influences the academic success of the local schools. Overall, you will find all of the amenities a family needs to thrive in the neighborhood.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the neighborhood. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 95.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Cottageville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 60.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 82.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 46.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (11.3%), and 9.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.7%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Cottageville, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.2%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (72.2%) 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 (14.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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