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Lesage, WV

1,165 Population
6.1 square miles 191.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±20.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,403 ±$7,353 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $32,258 ±$624
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$38,944 ±$34,481 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $58,483 ±$1,310
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

27.3% ±20.2% (318  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 17% 61,643 (±0.7% / ±2,612)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

19.7 minutes ±1.6 (11,875  ±5,181) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.1 3,424,370 (±0.6 / ±98,958)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

521 ±173 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 150,091 ±1,218
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.5 (1,165  ±453) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 364,009 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

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

Housing

657 ±167 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,587 ±133
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

33.3% ±24.8% (388  ±325.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.9% 40,265 (±0.6% / ±2,276.8)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

99.4% ±51.4% (776  ±256.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89% 231,625 (±1.4% / ±3,521.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
18.4% ±9.2% (144  ±92.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23% 59,875 (±0.7% / ±1,707.7)
  • about 80 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

N/A Foreign-born population

0.9% ±1.6% (8  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,712 (±0.4% / ±1,054)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
8 Total veterans ±15 8 Male ±15 N/A Female ±13

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