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West Augusta district, Marion County, WV

15,468 Population
195.1 square miles 79.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marion County: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,312 ±$1,602 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marion County: $33,719 ±$977
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$59,740 ±$4,843 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marion County: $67,537 ±$3,405
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

14.8% ±3.1% (2,275  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marion County: 13.6% † 7,414 (±1.4% / ±755)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

29.3 minutes ±4.1 (161,680  ±15,494) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marion County: 24.8 572,390 (±0.7 / ±24,373)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

6,145 ±370 Number of households
  • Marion County: 22,965 ±395
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.2 (15,402  ±887) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Marion County: 2.4 54,663 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.6% ±2.9% (163  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Marion County: 5.5% † 687 (±1.5% / ±181)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

7,310 ±364 Number of housing units
  • Marion County: 26,283 ±47
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$116,100 ±$6,931 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Marion County: $164,300 ±$7,036
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

5.6% ±1.7% (857  ±268.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Marion County: 10.2% † 5,640 (±1.4% / ±784.5)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

88.4% ±2.2% (9,561  ±607.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Marion County: 92.2% 35,715 (±2.9% / ±1,145.3)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
12.7% ±1.7% (1,370  ±199.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Marion County: 25.8% 10,006 (±1.5% / ±597.5)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.6% ±0.3% (87  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marion County: 0.8% 440
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.9% ±1.4% (970  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Marion County: 7.5% † 3,351 (±0.9% / ±385)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
970 Total veterans ±177 910 Male ±175 60 Female ±32

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