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Hamlin, WV

1,173 Population
0.6 square miles 1,963.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±10.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 44 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,286 ±$7,344 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $26,046 ±$2,365
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$56,583 ±$30,082 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $48,593 † ±$5,338
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

10.8% ±7.3% (127  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lincoln County: 20.6% † 4,099 (±4.6% / ±918)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

22.3 minutes ±8.1 (7,950  ±4,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lincoln County: 31.6 183,470 (±2.9 / ±25,906)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

401 ±109 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 7,811 ±325
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.9 ±0.5 (1,173  ±366) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.6 20,096 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

8.7% ±9.6% (20  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lincoln County: 6.5% † 261 (±3.6% / ±144)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

461 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 9,581 ±17
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$92,500 ±$25,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $103,400 ±$9,491
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

6.8% ±4.6% (79  ±58.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 6.6% † 1,325 (±2.2% / ±435.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.9% ±31.1% (720  ±153.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 81.8% 11,726 (±6% / ±859.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
13% ±4.6% (104  ±46.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 8.4% † 1,203 (±2.1% / ±302.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.3% ±0.5% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lincoln County: 0.3% 53
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

4.5% ±3.6% (37  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 4.9% † 762 (±1.5% / ±229)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
37 Total veterans ±31 33 Male ±27 4 Female ±7

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