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Paden City, WV

2,529 Population
0.8 square miles 2,989.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wetzel County: 45.6 ±1
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,994 ±$3,684 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wetzel County: $28,398 ±$2,225
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$53,871 ±$8,032 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wetzel County: $53,341 ±$3,603
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

11.7% ±6.1% (296  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wetzel County: 16.6% † 2,303 (±3.2% / ±447)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

23.2 minutes ±4.2 (22,965  ±6,351) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wetzel County: 29.7 144,725 (±2.7 / ±16,769)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,020 ±152 Number of households
  • Wetzel County: 5,925 ±187
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.3 (2,529  ±464) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wetzel County: 2.4 14,058 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3.9% ±5.2% (22  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Wetzel County: 7.5% † 204 (±3.4% / ±92)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,193 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Wetzel County: 7,302 ±23
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$102,100 ±$8,855 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wetzel County: $102,800 ±$10,040
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

6.8% ±3.8% (168  ±99.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wetzel County: 7.3% † 1,020 (±1.8% / ±250.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

91.3% ±19% (1,623  ±229.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wetzel County: 89.9% 9,127 (±4.9% / ±508.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
16.5% ±5.1% (294  ±101.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wetzel County: 13.5% † 1,371 (±2.1% / ±216.9)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.2% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wetzel County: 0.6% 86
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

10.8% ±3.5% (207  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wetzel County: 8% † 900 (±1.2% / ±137)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
207 Total veterans ±75 207 Male ±75 N/A Female ±13

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