East Bank - Pratt is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,773 people and just one neighborhood, East Bank - Pratt is the 51st largest community in West Virginia.
East Bank - Pratt is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Bank - Pratt is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in East Bank - Pratt who work in office and administrative support (18.81%), healthcare (11.16%), and sales jobs (9.68%).
One downside of living in East Bank - Pratt, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.94 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
For a small town, East Bank - Pratt has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in East Bank - Pratt exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In East Bank - Pratt, just 10.08% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in East Bank - Pratt in 2022 was $22,131, which is lower middle income relative to West Virginia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,524 for a family of four. However, East Bank - Pratt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
East Bank - Pratt is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Bank - Pratt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Bank - Pratt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Bank - Pratt include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in East Bank - Pratt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 East Bank - Pratt, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
More people ride the bus in this neighborhood each day to get to work than 95.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 44 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 90.2% of America.
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 East Bank - Pratt are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 86.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 36.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.8% 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, 26.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer 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 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.9%), and 23.2% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 100.0% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.6%).
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 East Bank - Pratt, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report Italian roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (5.4%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (1.9%), among others.
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 between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (30.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (69.8%) 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 (12.6%) and 10.4% of residents also ride the bus 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.