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St. Albans, WV

10,637 Population
3.6 square miles 2,942.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,348 ±$3,067 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $34,749 ±$1,014
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$58,788 ±$6,122 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $58,089 ±$1,580
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

13.4% ±4.4% (1,421  ±470) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 16.6% 33,810 (±1.1% / ±2,229)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

22.2 minutes ±3.1 (85,740  ±14,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 23.8 1,870,255 (±0.8 / ±72,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

4,715 ±277 Number of households
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 87,660 ±907
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.1 (10,583  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 2.3 204,152 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

9.7% ±4.4% (196  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,317 (±0.8% / ±365)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

5,300 ±310 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 104,500 ±76
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$131,800 ±$6,699 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $128,900 ±$4,111
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

6.4% ±2.1% (667  ±215.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 8.9% 18,120 (±0.8% / ±1,626.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

92.9% ±6.3% (7,477  ±591.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 89.9% 134,827 (±1.8% / ±2,710)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
29% ±3.9% (2,333  ±323.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 26.9% 40,298 (±1% / ±1,524.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.9% ±0.7% (95  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 1.6% 3,301
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

9.5% ±1.8% (815  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 7.1% 11,758 (±0.5% / ±802)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
815 Total veterans ±157 777 Male ±154 38 Female ±34

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