Moundsville is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 7,829 people and five associated neighborhoods, Moundsville is the 17th largest community in West Virginia. Much of the housing stock in Moundsville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities, Moundsville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Moundsville are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Moundsville is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Moundsville who work in maintenance occupations (14.11%), office and administrative support (11.29%), and healthcare (8.33%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Moundsville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Moundsville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Moundsville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Moundsville may be for you. Moundsville 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.In Moundsville, just 12.01% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Moundsville in 2022 was $33,357, 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 $133,428 for a family of four. However, Moundsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Moundsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Moundsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Moundsville include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Moundsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
