Weirton is a medium-sized city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 18,481 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Weirton is the sixth largest community in West Virginia.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Weirton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Weirton is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Weirton who work in sales jobs (10.36%), office and administrative support (9.19%), and healthcare (7.42%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.16% 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. 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!) Weirton 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. Weirton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Weirton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Weirton may be for you.The population of Weirton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Weirton, 22.89% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Weirton in 2022 was $35,662, 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 $142,648 for a family of four. However, Weirton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Weirton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Weirton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Weirton include Italian, German, Irish, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Weirton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
