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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

Jefferson County voted Republican in the 2020 Presidential Election with a significant difference of 19.31% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Republican: 54.26%
Democratic: 43.78%
Libertarian: 1.53%
Green: 0.43%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 25432
Latitude : 39.293800
Longitude : -77.786200
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 346 ft.
Area Code(s) : 681, 304

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.69
Male Population Estimate : 46.27%
Female Population Estimate : 44.03%
Median Age : 42.3
Male Median Age : 40.5
Female Median Age : 45.2

White Population Estimate : 87.31%
Black Population Estimate : 0.00%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 2.24%
Asian Population Estimate : 2.24%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.75%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Other Population Estimate : 0.75%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Millville specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Jefferson County: About 3 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Jefferson County: About 187 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Jefferson County is about 36% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 35% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.