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Preston County, WV

34,204 Population
648.8 square miles 52.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,645 ±$1,301 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$61,373 ±$3,859 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

14.2% ±2% (4,284  ±601) 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)

31.3 minutes ±1.4 (386,155  ±25,374) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,797 ±269 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (30,530  ±34) 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

6.2% ±2.2% (426  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

15,215 ±58 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$157,700 ±$7,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.6% ±1.7% (3,898  ±569.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.8% ±3.4% (22,152  ±865.3) 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)
17.9% ±1.8% (4,617  ±451.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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

1.5% (506  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.2% ±0.8% (2,007  ±224) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,007 Total veterans ±224 1,826 Male ±192 181 Female ±116

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