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Beaver, WV

619 Population
4.4 square miles 142.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±18.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,722 ±$7,465 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$30,568 ±$2,217 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,345 ±$3,012
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.3% ±11.7% (101  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

26.7 minutes ±34.9 (6,745  ±6,223) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.7 985,235 (±0.5 / ±45,841)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

326 ±177 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
1.9 ±1.4 (619  ±309) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

468 ±215 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$87,600 ±$43,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

90% ±65.1% (431  ±214.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
28.8% ±19.6% (138  ±118.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 19.7% 16,019 (±1.4% / ±1,106.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±13 N/A Male ±13 N/A Female ±13

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