Charles Town is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,042 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Charles Town is the 66th largest community in West Virginia. Charles Town has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Charles Town is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Charles Town is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Charles Town who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.91%), food service (11.49%), and management occupations (8.55%).

Also of interest is that Charles Town has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Charles Town, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.25 minutes every day commuting to work.

Charles Town is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Charles Town Information and Demographics

The education level of Charles Town citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 24.86% of adults in Charles Town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Charles Town in 2000 was $18,104, 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 $72,416 for a family of four.

Charles Town is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Charles Town home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Charles Town is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Charles Town include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Charles Town is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.