About Saint Marys

Saint Marys is a somewhat small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 5,954 people and just one neighborhood, Saint Marys is the 32nd largest community in West Virginia.

Saint Marys is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Saint Marys is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Saint Marys who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.92%), sales jobs (6.90%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (5.83%).

Saint Marys is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Saint Marys, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.6% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Saint Marys Information and Demographics

In Saint Marys, just 9.59% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Saint Marys in 2000 was $17,181, 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 $68,724 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Saint Marys is English.