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Buckhannon, WV

5,144 Population
2.8 square miles 1,805.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Upshur County: 42 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,259 ±$4,129 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Upshur County: $30,616 ±$2,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$48,720 ±$9,014 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Upshur County: $51,859 ±$2,859
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

24.6% ±7.2% (974  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Upshur County: 18.3% † 4,093 (±2.7% / ±610)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

18.3 minutes ±3.1 (28,050  ±6,844) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Upshur County: 26.9 215,535 (±1.9 / ±22,578)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,922 ±182 Number of households
  • Upshur County: 9,588 ±294
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.1 ±0.2 (3,969  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Upshur County: 2.3 22,389 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

1.4% ±1.7% (20  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Upshur County: 3.5% † 181 (±1.6% / ±84)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

2,217 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Upshur County: 11,237 ±77
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$152,000 ±$13,069 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Upshur County: $160,700 ±$9,388
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

21.6% ±7.3% (1,108  ±372.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Upshur County: 9.4% † 2,205 (±2.2% / ±522.9)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.4% ±10.2% (2,595  ±359.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 88.4% 14,478 (±4.9% / ±817.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
21.5% ±6.4% (624  ±191.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 17.4% † 2,854 (±2.5% / ±412.5)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.1% ±1.3% (109  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Upshur County: 0.8% 178
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

4% ±1.7% (170  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Upshur County: 7.7% † 1,448 (±1.3% / ±249)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
170 Total veterans ±73 158 Male ±71 12 Female ±13

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