One downside of living in Augusta, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.77 minutes every day commuting to work.
Augusta 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.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Augusta rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.13% of adults 25 and older in Augusta have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Augusta in 2022 was $31,491, 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 $125,964 for a family of four. However, Augusta contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Augusta home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Augusta residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Augusta include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Augusta is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
