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Fairmont, WV

18,303 Population
8.6 square miles 2,127.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 40.4 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,722 ±$1,587 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $33,719 ±$977
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$60,791 ±$2,375 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $67,537 ±$3,405
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

17% ±2.9% (2,940  ±506) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 13.6% † 7,414 (±1.4% / ±755)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

21.4 minutes ±0.8 (173,610  ±13,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 24.8 572,390 (±0.7 / ±24,373)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

7,819 ±292 Number of households
  • the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 22,965 ±395
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.1 (17,238  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 2.4 54,663 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

6.4% ±2.6% (307  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 5.5% † 687 (±1.5% / ±181)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

8,952 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 26,283 ±47
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$159,100 ±$8,545 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $164,300 ±$7,036
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

17.6% ±3.4% (3,181  ±615.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 10.2% † 5,640 (±1.4% / ±784.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

92.7% ±4.6% (11,167  ±640.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 92.2% 35,715 (±2.9% / ±1,145.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
31.1% ±2.9% (3,750  ±364) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 25.8% 10,006 (±1.5% / ±597.5)
  • 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

1.1% ±0.6% (203  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 0.8% 440
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.7% ±1.5% (1,149  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 7.5% † 3,351 (±0.9% / ±385)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
1,149 Total veterans ±218 1,037 Male ±194 112 Female ±70

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