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Wood County, WV

83,052 Population
366.5 square miles 226.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,511 ±$2,712 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $32,766 ±$676
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$54,750 ±$4,770 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $55,948 ±$1,052
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.9% ±2.8% (10,584  ±2,300) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 285,780 (±0.7% / ±11,676)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.1 minutes ±0.8 (646,725  ±31,642) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

36,936 ±1,103 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 743,644 ±5,944
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (81,960  ±39) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.3 1,718,019
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.9% ±3.5% (1,020  ±597) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,092 (±0.6% / ±2,328)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

40,271 ±28 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 863,756 ±177
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$163,700 ±$8,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $163,700 ±$2,682
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.1% ±3% (8,320  ±2,454.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 10% 174,993 (±0.6% / ±9,573.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.2% ±4.9% (53,878  ±2,953.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89% 1,120,498 (±1.3% / ±15,965.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
24.3% ±2.7% (14,486  ±1,616.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 24% 302,079 (±0.7% / ±8,721.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

0.7% (547  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,326
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.7% ±1.6% (5,651  ±1,041) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.2% 101,589 (±0.4% / ±5,021)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,651 Total veterans ±1,041 5,235 Male ±976 416 Female ±318

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