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District I, Mercer County, WV

16,539 Population
62.3 square miles 265.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 43.3 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,122 ±$2,389 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $28,201 ±$1,749
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$44,349 ±$5,032 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $47,799 ±$3,257
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

18.8% ±3.5% (3,050  ±588) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 18% † 10,372 (±2.1% / ±1,191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

22.5 minutes ±2.9 (117,680  ±20,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 24.4 514,680 (±1.6 / ±43,367)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

7,109 ±393 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 24,413 ±554
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.3 ±0.2 (16,296  ±890) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,728 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3.7% ±2.2% (142  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 3.9% † 498 (±1.6% / ±208)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

8,832 ±364 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 29,358 ±35
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$104,300 ±$9,414 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $118,600 ±$7,003
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

11.8% ±3.6% (1,933  ±604) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 10.9% † 6,370 (±1.8% / ±1,025)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

85.1% ±5.1% (9,916  ±801.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 86.6% 36,222 (±3.6% / ±1,515.2)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
20.1% ±3.5% (2,347  ±427.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 20.7% 8,644 (±1.9% / ±782.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1.1% ±0.6% (174  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 0.8% 496
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.5% ±1.5% (719  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 6.8% † 3,176 (±0.9% / ±399)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
719 Total veterans ±201 648 Male ±181 71 Female ±69

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