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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 37.99
The average living wage for the state of West Virginia is $30/hr, while the states minimum wage is $8.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives West Virginia a minimum wage score of 38.01 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.62/hr, which gives West Virginia a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 9.7 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for West Virginia is $192.5, resulting in a UI benefit score of 40.09 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 33.33

✓ West Virginia does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X West Virginia does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ West Virginia does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X West Virginia does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X West Virginia does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X West Virginia does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X West Virginia does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X West Virginia does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X West Virginia does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X West Virginia does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X West Virginia does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ West Virginia does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ West Virginia does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X West Virginia does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 25

X West Virginia does have a "right-to-work" law.
X West Virginia does not legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ West Virginia does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ West Virginia does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ West Virginia does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X West Virginia does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Berkeley County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 48.36% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 64.58%
Democratic: 33.35%
Libertarian: 1.73%
Green: 0.35%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 25419
Latitude : 39.574859
Longitude : -77.887288
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 470 ft.
Area Code(s) : 304, 681

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.56
Male Population Estimate : 38.34%
Female Population Estimate : 38.44%
Median Age : 41.5
Male Median Age : 41.0
Female Median Age : 42.1

White Population Estimate : 72.87%
Black Population Estimate : 3.27%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 2.02%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.94%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.07%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.61%
Other Population Estimate : 0.78%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Falling Wtrs specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Berkeley County: About 5 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Berkeley County: About 168 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Berkeley County is about 17% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 42% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.