Charleston is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 53,196 people and 26 constituent neighborhoods, Charleston is the largest community in West Virginia.

Charleston is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Charleston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Charleston who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.16%), sales jobs (13.66%), and management occupations (9.64%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Charleston spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.30 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Charleston Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Charleston is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.58% of adults in Charleston have a college degree.

The per capita income in Charleston in 2000 was $26,017, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,068 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Charleston is English.