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Charleston, WV

47,421 Population
31.4 square miles 1,510.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 44 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$49,097 ±$2,711 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $35,996 ±$878
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$65,812 ±$4,311 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $60,117 ±$1,599
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

15.8% ±1.9% (7,172  ±876) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 16.2% 32,722 (±1% / ±2,008)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

16.9 minutes ±1 (309,140  ±24,898) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 23.6 1,820,665 (±0.6 / ±64,273)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

21,116 ±550 Number of households
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 87,358 ±920
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±0.1 (45,377  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 2.3 202,084 (±0 / ±39)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.5% ±1.4% (374  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,859 (±0.8% / ±365)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

25,544 ±619 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 104,519 ±221
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$203,300 ±$16,251 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $141,100 ±$4,252
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

11.2% ±1.7% (5,291  ±787) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 8.6% 17,413 (±0.7% / ±1,420.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

93.2% ±3.6% (32,321  ±1,410) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 90.7% 134,900 (±1.8% / ±2,612.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
45.2% ±2.8% (15,671  ±1,013.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 27.2% 40,417 (±1% / ±1,463.4)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

4.5% ±1% (2,134  ±495) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 1.8% 3,629
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

5.5% ±0.8% (2,084  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 6.7% 11,023 (±0.5% / ±781)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
2,084 Total veterans ±307 2,007 Male ±300 77 Female ±55

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