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Hancock County, WV

28,658 Population
82.6 square miles 346.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,452 ±$1,913 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$61,017 ±$3,416 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15% ±2.5% (4,211  ±715) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.5 minutes ±1.5 (291,285  ±21,562) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,891 ±298 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (28,361  ±14) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.9% ±2.4% (281  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,218 ±20 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$119,600 ±$5,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.9% ±2.1% (3,384  ±592) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

89.9% ±4.1% (19,170  ±869.5) 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)
20.2% ±2% (4,301  ±433.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1% (294  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.7% ±1.3% (2,013  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,013 Total veterans ±296 1,905 Male ±283 108 Female ±63

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