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Pocahontas County, WV

7,855 Population
940.2 square miles 8.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,387 ±$2,238 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$41,200 ±$3,062 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.8% ±4% (1,558  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

22.3 minutes ±1.5 (50,340  ±7,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,092 ±185 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.2 (7,500  ±13) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±2.5% (52  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

6,846 ±25 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$139,400 ±$23,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.4% ±2.1% (575  ±160.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

83.8% ±5.8% (5,032  ±350.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.8% ±2.9% (948  ±171.8) 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

0.6% (50  ±49) Foreign-born population
  • about two-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

11.7% ±2.2% (757  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
757 Total veterans ±143 700 Male ±128 57 Female ±44

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