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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.34% 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. The education level of St. Albans citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.31% of adults in St. Albans have at least a bachelor's 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.
