Berkeley Springs is a somewhat small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 10,924 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Berkeley Springs is the 16th largest community in West Virginia.

When you are in Berkeley Springs, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.4% of Berkeley Springs's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Berkeley Springs is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Berkeley Springs who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.25%), sales jobs (7.13%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (6.57%).

One downside of living in Berkeley Springs, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.59 minutes every day commuting to work.

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

Berkeley Springs Information and Demographics

The citizens of Berkeley Springs are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.42% of adults in Berkeley Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Berkeley Springs in 2000 was $18,488, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,952 for a family of four.

The people who call Berkeley Springs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Berkeley Springs is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Berkeley Springs include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Berkeley Springs is English.