South Charleston is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 13,175 people and five associated neighborhoods, South Charleston is the 11th largest community in West Virginia.South Charleston is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, South Charleston is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Charleston who work in sales jobs (16.30%), office and administrative support (14.65%), and management occupations (8.81%). Also of interest is that South Charleston has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In terms of college education, South Charleston is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.85% of adults in South Charleston have a college degree. The per capita income in South Charleston in 2022 was $35,801, which is wealthy relative to West Virginia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,204 for a family of four. However, South Charleston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. South Charleston is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Charleston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Charleston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Charleston include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Celtic. The most common language spoken in South Charleston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
