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Richwood, WV

2,617 Population
1.6 square miles 1,625.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Nicholas County: 46 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,310 ±$8,402 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nicholas County: $29,257 ±$2,486
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$33,614 ±$9,446 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nicholas County: $49,280 † ±$5,012
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

33.5% ±12% (858  ±357) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Nicholas County: 17.8% † 4,323 (±2.7% / ±656)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

38.1 minutes ±10.9 (21,665  ±10,572) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nicholas County: 34.2 281,085 (±3.2 / ±32,725)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,011 ±180 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,595 ±358
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.3 (2,555  ±540) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Nicholas County: 2.5 24,302 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

1.4% ±2.8% (9  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Nicholas County: 2.7% † 127 (±1.9% / ±92)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,301 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,540 ±26
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$67,600 ±$21,165 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Nicholas County: $114,200 ±$7,352
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

9.2% ±5.8% (240  ±159.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nicholas County: 6% † 1,460 (±1.8% / ±445.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

87% ±22.4% (1,838  ±323.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nicholas County: 88% 15,782 (±5.2% / ±941.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
12% ±6.5% (254  ±144.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nicholas County: 19% † 3,414 (±2.9% / ±524)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1.8% ±2% (46  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nicholas County: 1.2% 289
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

10.7% ±3.1% (230  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nicholas County: 8.2% † 1,591 (±1.4% / ±270)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
230 Total veterans ±80 217 Male ±77 13 Female ±18

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