South Charleston is a medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 13,281 people and five associated neighborhoods, South Charleston is the 11th largest community in West Virginia.South Charleston is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.48% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, South Charleston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Charleston who work in sales jobs (15.20%), office and administrative support (14.16%), and business and financial occupations (8.97%). Also of interest is that South Charleston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in South Charleston telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of South Charleston citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.28% of adults in South Charleston have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in South Charleston in 2022 was $35,898, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,592 for a family of four. However, South Charleston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. South Charleston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Charleston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Charleston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Charleston include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Celtic. The most common language spoken in South Charleston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
