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Potomac district, Berkeley County, WV

24,204 Population
33.4 square miles 724.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Berkeley County: 38.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,683 ±$3,471 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkeley County: $38,914 ±$1,193
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,694 ±$6,249 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Berkeley County: $80,815 ±$2,551
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±2.1% (1,999  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkeley County: 11.1% 14,200 (±1.1% / ±1,339)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.1 minutes ±1.9 (305,715  ±31,235) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Berkeley County: 30.7 1,760,305 (±1.2 / ±79,151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,026 ±507 Number of households
  • Berkeley County: 51,021 ±530
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (24,065  ±1,508) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Berkeley County: 2.5 128,375 (±0 / ±33)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.1% (240  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berkeley County: 5% † 1,497 (±1.1% / ±317)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,605 ±582 Number of housing units
  • Berkeley County: 53,819 ±46
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$272,300 ±$17,914 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Berkeley County: $266,300 ±$7,422
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±3.3% (3,045  ±816.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Berkeley County: 12.6% † 16,105 (±1.5% / ±1,859.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±4.4% (15,463  ±1,093.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkeley County: 90.9% 81,862 (±2.7% / ±2,445.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±3.2% (4,338  ±574.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkeley County: 25.1% 22,599 (±1.5% / ±1,314)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.7% ±1.7% (1,384  ±412) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkeley County: 5% 6,511
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±1.9% (1,713  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Berkeley County: 9.2% 9,151 (±0.8% / ±748)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,713 Total veterans ±362 1,445 Male ±310 268 Female ±148

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