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Barboursville, WV

4,394 Population
4 square miles 1,094.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,598 ±$3,567 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $32,258 ±$624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$59,531 ±$13,630 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $58,483 ±$1,310
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

11.7% ±5.4% (420  ±192) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 17% 61,643 (±0.7% / ±2,612)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

22.1 minutes ±4.1 (32,595  ±7,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.1 3,424,370 (±0.6 / ±98,958)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,622 ±136 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 150,091 ±1,218
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.2 (3,500  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 364,009 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

6.2% ±4.9% (56  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 4.7% † 3,780 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,810 ±194 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,587 ±133
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$212,000 ±$20,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $149,000 ±$3,686
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

24.7% ±7.3% (1,076  ±315.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.9% 40,265 (±0.6% / ±2,276.8)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

90.8% ±10.3% (2,947  ±370.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89% 231,625 (±1.4% / ±3,521.4)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
36.7% ±7.2% (1,191  ±242.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23% 59,875 (±0.7% / ±1,707.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

5.2% ±2.8% (230  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,389
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.9% ±2.2% (211  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,712 (±0.4% / ±1,054)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
211 Total veterans ±80 211 Male ±80 N/A Female ±13

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