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Harpers Ferry district, Jefferson County, WV

12,425 Population
41.5 square miles 299.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 41 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,065 ±$3,979 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $46,514 ±$1,436
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,400 ±$11,279 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $98,806 ±$4,916
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±2.6% (1,279  ±328) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 8.7% † 5,024 (±1.4% / ±792)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.7 minutes ±7 (220,450  ±24,569) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 37.1 907,645 (±1.4 / ±44,978)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,026 ±345 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 22,804 ±266
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (12,425  ±807) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 58,040 (±0 / ±37)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±4.5% (261  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 5% † 659 (±1.4% / ±179)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,727 ±332 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 24,774 ±43
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$321,500 ±$20,049 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $350,800 ±$11,238
  • about double the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3% (1,210  ±367.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 10.9% † 6,400 (±1.5% / ±897.1)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±1.9% (8,039  ±546) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 90.1% 37,468 (±2.9% / ±1,197.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.3% ±2.9% (3,046  ±326.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 33.9% 14,090 (±1.8% / ±741.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • a little less than 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

4.8% ±2% (597  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 5.1% 3,011
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.6% ±1.4% (937  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 9.7% 4,532 (±0.8% / ±391)
  • about 1.3 times 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)
937 Total veterans ±151 828 Male ±146 109 Female ±59

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