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Moundsville, WV

7,934 Population
2.9 square miles 2,729.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±4.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 44.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,611 ±$8,264 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $34,225 ±$999
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$48,590 ±$10,245 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $58,705 ±$2,022
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

20.1% ±7.9% (1,564  ±614) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 14.9% 19,484 (±1.2% / ±1,509)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

25.3 minutes ±3.1 (77,790  ±12,810) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 24.6 1,376,135 (±0.8 / ±50,484)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

3,493 ±265 Number of households
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 57,071 ±701
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.2 (7,768  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.3 131,282 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

6.9% ±4% (130  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,256 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

4,034 ±266 Number of housing units
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 67,514 ±166
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$108,500 ±$13,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $149,300 ±$4,402
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

11.5% ±4.9% (895  ±384) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 9.8% 13,339 (±0.9% / ±1,176.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

92.2% ±7.5% (5,561  ±508.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 92.4% 92,707 (±1.9% / ±1,880.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
12.9% ±3.3% (777  ±198.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 22.9% 22,950 (±0.9% / ±949.4)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.9% ±0.5% (68  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 1.5% 2,099
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.6% ±2.7% (492  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 7.2% 8,010 (±0.5% / ±599)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
492 Total veterans ±174 479 Male ±172 13 Female ±22

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