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Harpers Ferry district, Jefferson County, WV

12,446 Population
41.5 square miles 299.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 41 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$44,505 ±$2,992 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $44,503 ±$1,541
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$92,386 ±$10,892 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $95,523 ±$4,828
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

9.7% ±2.5% (1,210  ±321) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 8.8% † 5,038 (±1.4% / ±821)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

43.5 minutes ±1.3 (224,400  ±26,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 37.2 895,395 (±1.3 / ±46,412)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

4,958 ±362 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 21,978 ±257
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.1 (12,446  ±944) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 57,278 (±0 / ±105)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

7.6% ±3.2% (193  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 4.3% † 555 (±1.2% / ±151)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

5,656 ±324 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 24,276 ±59
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$284,200 ±$16,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $324,500 ±$10,875
  • nearly double the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

8.2% ±2.1% (1,010  ±272.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 10.7% † 6,187 (±1.3% / ±778.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.7% ±8.8% (8,121  ±526.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 90% 36,931 (±3% / ±1,240.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
32.2% ±2.4% (2,914  ±306.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 33.7% 13,840 (±1.8% / ±730.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

5.7% ±1.9% (709  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 4.9% 2,861
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

10% ±1.3% (977  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 10% 4,603 (±0.9% / ±409)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
977 Total veterans ±150 871 Male ±131 106 Female ±57

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