About Falling Waters

Falling Waters is a somewhat small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 7,267 people and just one neighborhood, Falling Waters is the 25th largest community in West Virginia.

Falling Waters is a blue-collar town, with 35.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Falling Waters is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falling Waters who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.88%), sales jobs (7.85%), and management occupations (5.94%).

Falling Waters is a very car-oriented town. 98.07% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Falling Waters is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Falling Waters has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Falling Waters doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Falling Waters Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Falling Waters who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.80% of the adults in Falling Waters have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Falling Waters in 2000 was $17,861, 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 $71,444 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Falling Waters is English.