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Martinsburg, WV

18,805 Population
6.6 square miles 2,836 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,406 ±$3,535 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
$54,590 ±$9,843 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $75,473 ±$1,556
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

23% ±5.3% (4,276  ±990) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.9% 34,417 (±0.8% / ±2,301)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

26.8 minutes ±4.4 (215,580  ±41,112) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 30.8 3,906,105 (±0.5 / ±88,160)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

7,694 ±484 Number of households
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 116,006 ±843
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.2 (18,508  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 2.5 289,915 (±0 / ±330)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

9.7% ±3.5% (416  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.4% † 3,499 (±0.8% / ±508)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

8,384 ±552 Number of housing units
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 125,658 ±169
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$231,900 ±$15,908 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $258,300 ±$4,042
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

23.3% ±5.7% (4,283  ±1,046.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 12.7% 37,518 (±1% / ±2,895.1)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

88.9% ±6.5% (11,317  ±1,016.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 89.4% 187,143 (±1.6% / ±3,375.7)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
23.1% ±4.2% (2,936  ±550.8) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

4.6% ±1.5% (860  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.4% 16,043
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

9.7% ±2.3% (1,397  ±332) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 19,157 (±0.5% / ±1,039)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
1,397 Total veterans ±332 1,180 Male ±288 217 Female ±138

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