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Fairmont, WV

18,221 Population
8.6 square miles 2,118.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,306 ±$2,045 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $34,952 ±$969
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,032 ±$2,689 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $67,370 ±$4,114
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±2.7% (2,992  ±467) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 13.6% † 7,395 (±1.5% / ±796)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.8 minutes ±1.3 (183,785  ±15,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 25.7 580,550 (±0.6 / ±24,364)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,017 ±339 Number of households
  • the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 23,339 ±406
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (17,133  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 2.3 54,479 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±2.5% (279  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 5.1% † 633 (±1.3% / ±161)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,006 ±344 Number of housing units
  • the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 26,276 ±60
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,800 ±$5,411 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: $166,700 ±$5,353
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±2.5% (2,991  ±458.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 10.3% † 5,702 (±1.2% / ±677.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±4.6% (11,446  ±657.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 92.8% 35,945 (±3% / ±1,170.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.9% ±3% (4,042  ±391.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 27.2% 10,536 (±1.7% / ±656)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.5% ±0.6% (271  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 0.9% 475
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.5% (1,085  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Fairmont, WV Micro Area: 6.7% † 3,008 (±0.7% / ±301)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,085 Total veterans ±218 996 Male ±214 89 Female ±44

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