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Martinsburg, WV

18,904 Population
6.6 square miles 2,850.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,234 ±$3,049 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $38,827 ±$803
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,555 ±$7,355 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $78,802 ±$1,109
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.8% ±4.3% (3,717  ±801) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.8% 34,532 (±0.7% / ±2,030)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±4.6 (220,110  ±42,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 30.2 3,825,600 (±0.7 / ±108,109)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,963 ±516 Number of households
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 118,181 ±854
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (18,621  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 2.5 293,913 (±0 / ±332)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±3.4% (255  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.2% † 3,428 (±0.8% / ±513)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,455 ±536 Number of housing units
  • the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 127,214 ±167
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,000 ±$16,696 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: $278,100 ±$4,921
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.7% ±4.3% (4,032  ±795) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 11.9% 35,579 (±0.9% / ±2,656.4)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±6.5% (11,701  ±968.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 89.6% 190,500 (±1.6% / ±3,360.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.7% ±4% (3,214  ±537) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 24.2% 51,366 (±0.9% / ±1,803.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.8% ±1.8% (1,097  ±334) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 5.6% 16,992
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.4% ±2% (1,531  ±296) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area: 8.1% 19,144 (±0.4% / ±1,010)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,531 Total veterans ±296 1,278 Male ±264 253 Female ±160

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