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Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV

1,166 Population
7.5 square miles 154.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Logan County: 44.1 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,761 ±$11,330 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Logan County: $30,056 † ±$3,192
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,740 ±$7,145 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Logan County: $49,723 ±$4,464
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.6% ±17.9% (308  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Logan County: 21.8% † 6,639 (±3.4% / ±1,023)
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

17.4 minutes ±17.9 (4,810  ±3,487) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Logan County: 28.4 278,395 (±2 / ±25,956)
  • 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

577 ±172 Number of households
  • Logan County: 12,760 ±341
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.4 (1,154  ±404) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Logan County: 2.4 30,601 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.4% ±17.5% (23  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Logan County: 5.7% † 371 (±2.7% / ±177)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

686 ±185 Number of housing units
  • Logan County: 14,772 ±44
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$84,100 ±$47,835 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Logan County: $103,400 ±$5,910
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±4.4% (72  ±57.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Logan County: 8.3% † 2,567 (±1.9% / ±578.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

67.6% ±13.4% (631  ±212.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Logan County: 83.8% 18,968 (±4.7% / ±1,061.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±11% (155  ±111.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Logan County: 14.7% † 3,331 (±2.2% / ±488.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

16% ±12% (149  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Logan County: 5.1% † 1,274 (±1.1% / ±269)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
149 Total veterans ±119 149 Male ±119 N/A Female ±13

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