Martinsburg is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 14,945 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Martinsburg is the 11th largest community in West Virginia. Martinsburg has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Martinsburg is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Martinsburg is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Martinsburg who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.22%), sales jobs (11.76%), and food service (7.42%).

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

In Martinsburg, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Martinsburg is a relatively small city. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Martinsburg Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Martinsburg who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 14.75% of the adults in Martinsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Martinsburg in 2000 was $16,314, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $65,256 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Martinsburg is English. Some people also speak Spanish.