Wellsburg is a very small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 2,346 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wellsburg is the 90th largest community in West Virginia. Wellsburg has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Wellsburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wellsburg is a city of service providers, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Wellsburg who work in maintenance occupations (17.73%), management occupations (11.35%), and office and administrative support (9.81%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Wellsburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wellsburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small city, Wellsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Wellsburg citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.79% of adults 25 and older in Wellsburg have a college degree. The per capita income in Wellsburg in 2022 was $27,197, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,788 for a family of four. However, Wellsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Wellsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wellsburg residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Wellsburg include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Wellsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
