Holden is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 783 people and just one neighborhood, Holden is the 167th largest community in West Virginia.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Holden is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.10% of the Holden workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Holden is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Holden who work in office and administrative support (24.50%), healthcare (15.89%), and teaching (10.26%).
Holden is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Holden overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Holden, 21.73% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Holden in 2022 was $116,111, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $464,444 for a family of four. However, Holden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Holden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Holden include English, Italian, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Holden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
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Of particular note, 13.2% of the people in the neighborhood currently reside in a correction facility, held due to punishment for a crime.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scots-Irish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.
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 Holden are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 92.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 38.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 22.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.7%), and 17.9% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Holden, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (14.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.0%), and residents who report Scots-Irish roots (3.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.1%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.6%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.0% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (78.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (6.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.