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Oak Hill, WV

8,057 Population
9.7 square miles 826.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,432 ±$2,930 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$51,799 ±$3,068 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,345 ±$3,012
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.5% ±4.3% (1,318  ±345) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

27.8 minutes ±9.3 (87,520  ±30,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.7 985,235 (±0.5 / ±45,841)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

3,323 ±253 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.2 (7,930  ±32) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

7.4% ±4.2% (125  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3% † 698 (±1% / ±227)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

3,783 ±267 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$110,400 ±$12,445 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

9.8% ±3.9% (781  ±309.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.8% 12,187 (±1% / ±1,167.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

86.2% ±6.4% (5,063  ±460.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
15.4% ±3.6% (902  ±214.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 19.7% 16,019 (±1.4% / ±1,106.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.8% ±0.8% (68  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 1% 1,126
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.5% ±1.9% (474  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 6,492 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
474 Total veterans ±123 458 Male ±122 16 Female ±19

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