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Lavalette, WV

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Overview


Lavalette is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 932 people and just one neighborhood, Lavalette is the 160th largest community in West Virginia.

Lavalette real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Lavalette house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Lavalette isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lavalette are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lavalette is a town of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lavalette who work in healthcare (21.60%), office and administrative support (16.00%), and food service (10.67%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Lavalette is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Lavalette’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Lavalette is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lavalette, the average commute to work is 34.94 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Lavalette does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Lavalette ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Lavalette, 45.60% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Lavalette in 2018 was $19,029, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,116 for a family of four. However, Lavalette contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lavalette home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lavalette residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lavalette include German, Irish, English, Russian, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in Lavalette is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Modes of Transportation

Our research reveals that 93.5% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 99.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Lavalette is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in WV, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.6% of the neighborhoods in West Virginia. If you are considering retiring to West Virginia, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Migration / Stability

Do you like to be surrounded by people from all over the country or world, with different perspectives and life experiences? Or do you instead prefer to be in a neighborhood where most residents have lived there for a long time, creating a sense of cohesiveness? NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood stands out among American neighborhoods for the uniqueness of the mobility of its residents. More residents of the neighborhood live here today that also were living in this same neighborhood five years ago than is found in 97.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. This neighborhood is really made up of people who know each other, don't move often, and have lived here in this very neighborhood for quite a while.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more English ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.2% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry.

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 Lavalette are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.8% 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 manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 10.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Lavalette, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (23.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.1%), and residents who report German roots (5.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (2.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (43.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (93.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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