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Hampshire County, WV

23,340 Population
640.4 square miles 36.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,143 ±$1,757 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$60,299 ±$5,851 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.2% ±2.8% (3,214  ±636) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

40.4 minutes ±3.4 (344,375  ±37,142) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,354 ±386 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (22,781  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.6% ±1.8% (115  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

12,581 ±22 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$204,600 ±$14,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

8.6% ±2.4% (2,002  ±554.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

88.7% ±5% (15,566  ±895.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
16.3% ±2.4% (2,853  ±421.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.9% (198  ±105) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.2% ±1.8% (1,743  ±342) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,743 Total veterans ±342 1,702 Male ±339 41 Female ±44

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