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Romney, WV

1,714 Population
1.1 square miles 1,621.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$24,262 ±$4,080 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: $41,198 ±$1,159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$39,118 ±$19,889 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: $82,413 ±$2,756
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

33% ±13.1% (528  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 10.6% 14,875 (±0.9% / ±1,258)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

25.7 minutes ±6.9 (13,500  ±5,663) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 31 1,882,865 (±0.9 / ±72,400)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

676 ±120 Number of households
  • the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 53,947 ±578
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.3 (1,600  ±367) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 2.6 141,561 (±0 / ±38)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

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

Housing

915 ±141 Number of housing units
  • the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 61,666 ±59
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$150,000 ±$52,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: $322,600 ±$7,965
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

11.9% ±7.5% (204  ±135.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 11.3% 16,140 (±1% / ±1,471.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

78.2% ±25.3% (987  ±209.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 88.6% 89,631 (±2.2% / ±2,236.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
14.7% ±4.5% (185  ±72.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 28.1% 28,451 (±1.2% / ±1,220.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.6% ±0.9% (11  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 7.7% 11,129
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.5% ±3.1% (102  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 9,348 (±0.6% / ±718)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
102 Total veterans ±49 102 Male ±49 N/A Female ±13

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