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Parkersburg, WV

29,461 Population
11.8 square miles 2,500.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 44 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,664 ±$2,005 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $32,948 ±$1,228
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$44,675 ±$3,375 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $56,029 ±$2,579
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

23% ±2.9% (6,700  ±840) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 15% 13,138 (±1.3% / ±1,148)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

17.4 minutes ±1.1 (186,110  ±16,142) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 20.7 702,365 (±0.7 / ±31,722)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

13,274 ±480 Number of households
  • the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 37,777 ±602
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.1 (29,021  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 2.3 87,863 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

7.7% ±2.3% (501  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 7.1% † 1,296 (±1.4% / ±249)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

15,234 ±401 Number of housing units
  • the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 43,019 ±52
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$113,900 ±$7,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: $151,600 ±$6,105
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

13% ±2.2% (3,779  ±635.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 9.3% † 8,160 (±1% / ±878.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

85.5% ±4.4% (18,029  ±1,005.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 90.4% 57,722 (±2.6% / ±1,670)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
18.5% ±2.1% (3,897  ±455.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 22.6% 14,397 (±1.4% / ±865.9)
  • about 80 percent 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

1.2% ±0.4% (352  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 1% 868
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

9.4% ±1.5% (2,200  ±360) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Metro Area: 9.1% 6,342 (±0.8% / ±561)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
2,200 Total veterans ±360 2,047 Male ±348 153 Female ±83

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