Falling Waters is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,440 people and four associated neighborhoods, Falling Waters is the 134th largest community in West Virginia. Falling Waters has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Falling Waters, where the median household income is $84,038.00. Falling Waters real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Falling Waters house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Falling Waters is a blue-collar town, with 37.87% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Falling Waters is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Falling Waters who work in law enforcement and fire fighting (16.14%), sales jobs (9.75%), and office and administrative support (7.61%). Also of interest is that Falling Waters has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.93% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small town, Falling Waters does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Falling Waters citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.98% of adults 25 and older in Falling Waters have a college degree. The per capita income in Falling Waters in 2022 was $26,303, 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 $105,212 for a family of four. However, Falling Waters contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Falling Waters home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Falling Waters residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Falling Waters include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Slovak. The most common language spoken in Falling Waters is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
