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Second district, Upshur County, WV

7,951 Population
182.4 square miles 43.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Upshur County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,995 ±$3,354 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Upshur County: $30,013 ±$2,135
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,382 ±$6,092 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Upshur County: $54,338 ±$2,364
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.5% ±4.8% (1,675  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 19.2% † 4,293 (±2.8% / ±630)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±1.6 (83,010  ±15,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Upshur County: 28.1 220,680 (±2.4 / ±25,367)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,282 ±300 Number of households
  • Upshur County: 9,557 ±291
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (7,781  ±727) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Upshur County: 2.3 22,328 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.9% (49  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Upshur County: 3.6% † 185 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,867 ±308 Number of housing units
  • Upshur County: 11,281 ±41
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,200 ±$12,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Upshur County: $170,800 ±$10,091
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±2.8% (546  ±225.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Upshur County: 9.8% † 2,305 (±2.1% / ±497.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±4.8% (5,070  ±537.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 88.5% 14,549 (±4.4% / ±731.4)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.9% ±2.9% (757  ±185) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Upshur County: 18.2% † 2,986 (±2.3% / ±370.4)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-third of 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

0.2% ±0.4% (18  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Upshur County: 0.9% 216
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.6% ±3.6% (645  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Upshur County: 7.5% † 1,411 (±1.6% / ±305)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
645 Total veterans ±225 645 Male ±225 N/A Female ±18

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