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Beaver district, Nicholas County, WV

6,983 Population
107.5 square miles 64.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±6.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nicholas County: 46 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,570 ±$4,181 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nicholas County: $29,257 ±$2,486
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$35,349 ±$11,698 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nicholas County: $49,280 † ±$5,012
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

22.3% ±6% (1,546  ±456) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 17.8% † 4,323 (±2.7% / ±656)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

32.6 minutes ±5.2 (65,380  ±19,251) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nicholas County: 34.2 281,085 (±3.2 / ±32,725)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

2,766 ±307 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,595 ±358
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.1 (6,921  ±823) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nicholas County: 2.5 24,302 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

1.3% ±2% (17  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Nicholas County: 2.7% † 127 (±1.9% / ±92)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

3,731 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,540 ±26
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$87,100 ±$20,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nicholas County: $114,200 ±$7,352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

8.2% ±4.3% (568  ±304) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nicholas County: 6% † 1,460 (±1.8% / ±445.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

88.1% ±7.3% (4,633  ±582.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nicholas County: 88% 15,782 (±5.2% / ±941.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
15% ±5.1% (789  ±278.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nicholas County: 19% † 3,414 (±2.9% / ±524)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.6% ±1.3% (111  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nicholas County: 1.2% 289
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

8.2% ±2.3% (463  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Nicholas County: 8.2% † 1,591 (±1.4% / ±270)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
463 Total veterans ±138 438 Male ±137 25 Female ±26

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