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Galloway, WV

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Overview


Galloway is a tiny town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 127 people and just one neighborhood, Galloway is the 270th largest community in West Virginia.

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

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Galloway, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 41.18% of Galloway’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Galloway is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Galloway who work in personal care services (58.82%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Galloway’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

The town 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, Galloway has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Galloway a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Galloway, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 42.06 minutes every day commuting to work.

Galloway 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.

Demographics

The population of Galloway has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.

The per capita income in Galloway in 2022 was $18,852, which is low income relative to West Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,408 for a family of four. Galloway also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 49.54% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Galloway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Galloway residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Galloway include German, Italian, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Galloway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Modes of Transportation

While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.4% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.6% of all American neighborhoods.

Occupations

The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

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, 3.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scots-Irish ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Galloway are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 45.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 91.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 16.3% in executive, management, and professional occupations.

Languages

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 98.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

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 Galloway, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report English roots (5.8%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (5.2%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (3.5%), 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 (43.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (89.4%) 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 (5.3%) . 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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