Daniels - Beaver is a somewhat small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 5,087 people and just one neighborhood, Daniels - Beaver is the 30th largest community in West Virginia.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Daniels - Beaver is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Daniels - Beaver is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Daniels - Beaver who work in management occupations (17.50%), sales jobs (10.90%), and food service (9.37%).
Of important note, Daniels - Beaver is also a town of artists. Daniels - Beaver has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Daniels - Beaver’s character.
Also of interest is that Daniels - Beaver has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Daniels - Beaver is worth considering.
Being a small town, Daniels - Beaver does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Daniels - Beaver are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.34% of adults in Daniels - Beaver having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Daniels - Beaver in 2022 was $31,596, 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 $126,384 for a family of four. However, Daniels - Beaver contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Daniels - Beaver home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Daniels - Beaver residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Daniels - Beaver include English, German, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Daniels - Beaver is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Daniels - Beaver, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 28.8% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 2.1% have Eastern European ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Daniels - Beaver are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.5% 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, 41.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.5%), and 9.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.7%).
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 Daniels - Beaver, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (28.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.4%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.6%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (55.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.5%) 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 (6.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.