The overall crime rate in New Martinsville is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One of the benefits of New Martinsville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.32 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The citizens of New Martinsville are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.54% of adults in New Martinsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in New Martinsville in 2018 was $26,935, 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 $107,740 for a family of four. However, New Martinsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call New Martinsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Martinsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Martinsville include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in New Martinsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
