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Elkins, WV

6,875 Population
3.6 square miles 1,892.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 44.2 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,778 ±$6,468 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $28,277 ±$1,828
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$47,746 ±$9,774 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $55,057 ±$4,290
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.8% ±4.8% (1,092  ±315) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 14.7% † 3,725 (±2% / ±517)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

11.6 minutes ±2.2 (35,020  ±8,024) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 20.9 204,890 (±1.7 / ±21,465)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

2,706 ±261 Number of households
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 10,385 ±364
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.2 (6,518  ±36) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 2.5 25,403 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3.3% ±3.1% (57  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 4.6% † 234 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

3,382 ±276 Number of housing units
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13,090 ±49
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$130,500 ±$26,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $137,800 † ±$17,370
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

19.7% ±5.6% (1,325  ±375.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13.3% † 3,642 (±2.4% / ±643.7)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.1% ±9% (4,071  ±457.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 87.8% 17,909 (±4.6% / ±949.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
30.4% ±6.2% (1,390  ±292.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 19% † 3,869 (±2.5% / ±511.6)
  • about 1.3 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

1.6% ±1% (107  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 0.5% 141
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.2% ±2.1% (397  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,704 (±1% / ±236)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
397 Total veterans ±119 366 Male ±107 31 Female ±38

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