One downside of living in Hinton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.50 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Hinton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Hinton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.30% of the adults in Hinton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hinton in 2022 was $25,707, which is middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,828 for a family of four. However, Hinton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hinton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hinton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hinton include English, Irish, Scottish, German, and African.
The most common language spoken in Hinton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
