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Clay district, Ritchie County, WV

2,879 Population
93.7 square miles 30.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 47.2 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,016 ±$4,693 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ritchie County: $26,336 ±$2,451
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$62,543 ±$10,011 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ritchie County: $50,256 † ±$5,151
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

13.9% ±5.2% (394  ±155) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ritchie County: 21.7% † 1,785 (±3.6% / ±296)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

32 minutes ±4.7 (35,285  ±8,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ritchie County: 31.8 † 85,530 (±4.2 / ±13,944)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,073 ±130 Number of households
  • Ritchie County: 3,327 ±160
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.7 ±0.5 (2,879  ±339) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ritchie County: 2.5 8,332 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3.5% ±2.6% (24  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ritchie County: 4.6% † 73 (±2.5% / ±40)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,339 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Ritchie County: 4,187 ±29
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$105,800 ±$18,618 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ritchie County: $107,800 ±$8,148
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

6.9% ±4.7% (196  ±137) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ritchie County: 7% † 576 (±2.9% / ±238.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

85.7% ±3.2% (1,836  ±220.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ritchie County: 84.4% 5,227 (±5.8% / ±362.2)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
11% ±4.3% (235  ±96) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ritchie County: 12.8% † 796 (±2.9% / ±177.7)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.4% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ritchie County: 1.1% 92
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

8.7% ±3% (202  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 8.4% † 564 (±1.8% / ±124)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
202 Total veterans ±74 170 Male ±59 32 Female ±31

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