Beckley is a medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 16,749 people and six associated neighborhoods, Beckley is the ninth largest community in West Virginia.Beckley is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Beckley is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Beckley who work in sales jobs (13.75%), office and administrative support (13.07%), and healthcare (10.07%). Beckley is a small city, 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 Beckley 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 Beckley, 23.27% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Beckley in 2022 was $29,877, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,508 for a family of four. However, Beckley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Beckley is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Beckley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Beckley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Beckley include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in Beckley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
