St. Albans is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 10,456 people and seven associated neighborhoods, St. Albans is the 12th largest community in West Virginia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, St. Albans is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Albans is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Albans who work in office and administrative support (13.15%), management occupations (12.17%), and sales jobs (7.55%). Also of interest is that St. Albans has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in St. Albans telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.34% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In terms of college education, St. Albans 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: 31.31% of adults in St. Albans have a college degree. The per capita income in St. Albans in 2022 was $33,610, 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 $134,440 for a family of four. However, St. Albans contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call St. Albans home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Albans residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Albans include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in St. Albans is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
