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Matewan, WV

505 Population
0.6 square miles 913.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±12.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mingo County: 44.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,807 ±$4,427 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mingo County: $23,977 † ±$4,074
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$16,105 ±$4,754 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mingo County: $38,119 † ±$4,884
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

41.4% ±7.4% (209  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mingo County: 32.4% † 7,232 (±3.9% / ±868)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±7 (1,580  ±1,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Mingo County: 34.1 175,460 (±2.9 / ±25,099)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

276 ±90 Number of households
  • Mingo County: 9,317 ±308
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.4 (505  ±195) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mingo County: 2.4 22,459 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

365 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Mingo County: 11,554 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$112,100 ±$51,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mingo County: $90,500 ±$8,705
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±7% (24  ±36.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Mingo County: 8.8% † 1,947 (±2.6% / ±570.6)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.5% ±38.5% (308  ±111.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mingo County: 79% 12,617 (±5.1% / ±816.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3.6% ±7.1% (15  ±30.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mingo County: 9.5% † 1,521 (±2% / ±318.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 10 percent 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

2.8% ±5% (14  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mingo County: 0.2% 45
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±7.8% (26  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Mingo County: 6% † 1,040 (±1.3% / ±227)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±35 26 Male ±35 N/A Female ±13

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