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Keyser, WV

4,870 Population
2 square miles 2,466.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 42.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,477 ±$6,806 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: $31,852 ±$1,321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$47,991 ±$10,393 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: $59,413 ±$1,508
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

27.3% ±11.6% (1,205  ±511) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 16.3% 14,260 (±1.4% / ±1,218)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

16.6 minutes ±4.3 (30,210  ±10,654) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 23.2 776,000 (±0.9 / ±39,153)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

2,058 ±206 Number of households
  • the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 38,134 ±557
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.2 (4,431  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 2.3 87,262 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

0.1% ±1.1% (1  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 5.1% † 983 (±1.2% / ±237)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

2,718 ±257 Number of housing units
  • the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 45,336 ±101
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$141,400 ±$21,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: $158,200 ±$4,291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

13.6% ±5.3% (662  ±257.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 10.2% † 9,586 (±1.1% / ±983)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

83.6% ±13.2% (3,006  ±512.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 90.8% 61,230 (±2.3% / ±1,590.7)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
21.1% ±7.7% (758  ±281.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 21.6% 14,580 (±1.3% / ±866.5)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 1.7% 1,600
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

3.8% ±2.7% (156  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area: 8.1% 6,218 (±0.8% / ±596)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
156 Total veterans ±111 131 Male ±101 25 Female ±43

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