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Falling Waters, WV

2,384 Population
1.3 square miles 1,896.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,300 ±$7,716 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $37,301 ±$741
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$87,632 ±$19,141 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $75,473 ±$1,556
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

3% ±2.8% (65  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.9% 34,417 (±0.8% / ±2,301)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

24.8 minutes ±6.7 (24,685  ±12,841) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 30.8 3,906,105 (±0.5 / ±88,160)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

782 ±285 Number of households
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 116,006 ±843
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
3.1 ±0.8 (2,384  ±1,049) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 2.5 289,915 (±0 / ±330)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

782 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 125,658 ±169
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$207,200 ±$24,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $258,300 ±$4,042
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

8.9% ±7.3% (213  ±196.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 12.7% 37,518 (±1% / ±2,895.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

95.2% ±44% (1,310  ±388.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 89.4% 187,143 (±1.6% / ±3,375.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
24% ±11.9% (330  ±201.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 23.5% 49,172 (±0.9% / ±1,808.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.8% ±1.5% (20  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.4% 16,043
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

6.1% ±4.4% (96  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 19,157 (±0.5% / ±1,039)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
96 Total veterans ±83 62 Male ±57 34 Female ±57

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