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Wetzel County, WV

14,233 Population
358.1 square miles 39.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±1 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

$28,398 ±$2,225 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
$53,341 ±$3,603 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.6% ±3.2% (2,303  ±447) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

29.7 minutes ±2.7 (144,725  ±16,769) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

5,925 ±187 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (14,058  ±12) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.5% ±3.4% (204  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,302 ±23 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$102,800 ±$10,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

7.3% ±1.8% (1,020  ±250.8) 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

89.9% ±4.9% (9,127  ±508.1) 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)
13.5% ±2.1% (1,371  ±216.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)
  • about two-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

0.6% (86  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third 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% ±1.2% (900  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
900 Total veterans ±137 860 Male ±134 40 Female ±31

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