Shady Spring is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 3,169 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shady Spring is the 66th largest community in West Virginia. Shady Spring real estate is some of the most expensive in West Virginia, although Shady Spring house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Shady Spring isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Shady Spring are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Shady Spring is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shady Spring who work in management occupations (21.93%), healthcare (14.39%), and office and administrative support (6.70%). It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Shady Spring 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. Shady Spring has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Shady Spring than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Shady Spring may be for you. Shady Spring is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Shady Spring citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.83% of adults 25 and older in Shady Spring have a college degree. The per capita income in Shady Spring in 2022 was $31,602, 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 $126,408 for a family of four. However, Shady Spring contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Shady Spring home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shady Spring residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shady Spring include English, German, Irish, French Canadian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Shady Spring is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and German/Yiddish.
