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Marlinton, WV

1,050 Population
2.4 square miles 446.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±12.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pocahontas County: 49.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,870 ±$7,798 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pocahontas County: $23,387 ±$2,238
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$42,386 ±$7,230 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $41,200 ±$3,062
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

26.4% ±11.5% (254  ±128) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 20.8% † 1,558 (±4% / ±300)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

19.9 minutes ±6.1 (7,135  ±3,356) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pocahontas County: 22.3 50,340 (±1.5 / ±7,027)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

399 ±94 Number of households
  • Pocahontas County: 3,092 ±185
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.2 (975  ±247) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.4 7,500 (±0.2 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

2.3% ±4% (5  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pocahontas County: 4% † 52 (±2.5% / ±33)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

556 ±111 Number of housing units
  • Pocahontas County: 6,846 ±25
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$90,500 ±$23,593 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pocahontas County: $139,400 † ±$23,919
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

14.6% ±5.8% (153  ±70.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Pocahontas County: 7.4% † 575 (±2.1% / ±160.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

86.4% ±23.8% (602  ±106) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 83.8% 5,032 (±5.8% / ±350.4)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
21.2% ±7.8% (148  ±62.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pocahontas County: 15.8% † 948 (±2.9% / ±171.8)
  • 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

2.6% ±3.1% (27  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pocahontas County: 0.6% 50
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

10.4% ±3.4% (87  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pocahontas County: 11.7% † 757 (±2.2% / ±143)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
87 Total veterans ±34 79 Male ±34 8 Female ±12

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