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Powellton, WV

518 Population
5.4 square miles 96.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,309 ±$11,875 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
N/A Median household income

37.8% ±30.6% (196  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

N/A

Families

195 ±122 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.7 ±0.9 (518  ±368) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

266 ±138 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$68,300 ±$20,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

4.6% ±7.5% (24  ±42.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.8% 12,187 (±1% / ±1,167.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

55% ±26.7% (181  ±148.7) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

0.6% ±2.5% (2  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 6,492 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
2 Total veterans ±9 2 Male ±9 N/A Female ±13

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