Dunbar is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 7,163 people and three associated neighborhoods, Dunbar is the 18th largest community in West Virginia.Dunbar is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Dunbar is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dunbar who work in sales jobs (12.97%), office and administrative support (12.80%), and healthcare (11.67%). In terms of college education, Dunbar is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.76% of adults in Dunbar have a college degree. The per capita income in Dunbar in 2022 was $31,117, 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 $124,468 for a family of four. However, Dunbar contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dunbar is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dunbar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dunbar residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dunbar include English, Irish, German, Hungarian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Dunbar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
