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Ravenswood, WV

3,846 Population
1.8 square miles 2,116.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 43.3 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,609 ±$15,242 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jackson County: $35,107 ±$3,312
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$45,392 ±$21,252 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $55,671 † ±$10,088
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

29.6% ±13.3% (1,119  ±505) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 17.5% † 4,826 (±3.8% / ±1,036)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

21.1 minutes ±0.8 (23,660  ±8,103) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Jackson County: 29.6 † 274,310 (±3 / ±36,148)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,488 ±219 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 11,317 ±374
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.4 (3,784  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 27,582 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

10.2% ±12% (71  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Jackson County: 5.3% † 301 (±2.7% / ±155)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,634 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 12,882 ±37
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$99,600 ±$33,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jackson County: $154,600 ±$9,815
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

11.5% ±9.7% (430  ±363.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 7% † 1,907 (±2% / ±559.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

90.9% ±10.8% (2,372  ±419.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 89.4% 17,706 (±5.3% / ±1,045.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
20% ±6.1% (521  ±172.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 19.4% † 3,846 (±2.6% / ±506.7)
  • about 90 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

3.4% ±4% (132  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 2% 564
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

6.2% ±2.9% (184  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 8.9% † 1,938 (±1.3% / ±284)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
184 Total veterans ±86 184 Male ±86 N/A Female ±13

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