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Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV

1,440 Population
7.5 square miles 190.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Logan County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,033 ±$7,427 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Logan County: $28,762 † ±$2,952
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$49,063 ±$13,027 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Logan County: $47,237 ±$3,529
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

21.3% ±9.7% (306  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Logan County: 21.4% † 6,621 (±3% / ±913)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

12.5 minutes ±4.4 (3,565  ±3,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Logan County: 26.2 246,690 (±2.1 / ±26,074)
  • about half the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

655 ±202 Number of households
  • Logan County: 12,396 ±313
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.2 (1,431  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Logan County: 2.5 31,042 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

10.6% ±14.8% (32  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Logan County: 4.4% † 291 (±2% / ±134)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

823 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Logan County: 14,806 ±40
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$81,400 ±$38,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Logan County: $101,500 ±$6,661
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

5.1% ±3.7% (73  ±58.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Logan County: 9.2% † 2,888 (±2.2% / ±695.1)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

62.8% ±6.2% (827  ±279.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Logan County: 82.7% 18,960 (±4.5% / ±1,032.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
8.1% ±6.3% (106  ±89.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Logan County: 13.8% † 3,175 (±2% / ±465.9)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.2% ±7.6% (151  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Logan County: 4.9% † 1,245 (±1% / ±250)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
151 Total veterans ±114 151 Male ±114 N/A Female ±13

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