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St. Paul, VA

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Overview


St. Paul is a tiny town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 844 people and just one neighborhood, St. Paul is the 301st largest community in Virginia.

Occupations and Workforce

St. Paul is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, St. Paul is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Paul who work in office and administrative support (22.86%), teaching (10.79%), and food service (9.21%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.94% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One of the benefits of St. Paul is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.98 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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

Demographics

The education level of St. Paul citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.80% of adults in St. Paul have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in St. Paul in 2018 was $22,718, which is low income relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,872 for a family of four. However, St. Paul contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Paul also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.91% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call St. Paul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Paul residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in St. Paul include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in St. Paul is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

The neighborhood stands out for having an average per capita income lower than 97.4% of the neighborhoods in the United States.

Modes of Transportation

More people in choose to walk to work each day (11.1%) than almost any neighborhood in America. If you are attracted to the idea of being able to walk to work, this neighborhood could be a good choice.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in St. Paul are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 38.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 87.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 29.9% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 28.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.3%), and 20.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in St. Paul, VA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (10.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.3%), and residents who report German roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.8% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.4%) and 11.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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