West Jefferson is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 4,176 people and two associated neighborhoods, West Jefferson is the 306th largest community in Ohio.West Jefferson is a blue-collar town, with 40.82% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, West Jefferson is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Jefferson who work in office and administrative support (14.84%), management occupations (7.77%), and personal care services (7.29%). The village 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, West Jefferson has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes West Jefferson a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small village, West Jefferson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of West Jefferson rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.56% of adults 25 and older in West Jefferson have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in West Jefferson in 2022 was $31,577, which is middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,308 for a family of four. However, West Jefferson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call West Jefferson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Jefferson residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Jefferson include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in West Jefferson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Slavic languages.
