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Sistersville, WV

1,409 Population
0.5 square miles 2,682.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±8.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Tyler County: 48.8 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,799 ±$4,623 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tyler County: $35,594 † ±$3,874
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,500 ±$15,867 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tyler County: $63,693 † ±$9,603
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

40.8% ±12.4% (573  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Tyler County: 20.2% † 1,614 (±3.8% / ±305)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±5.8 (11,890  ±4,022) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tyler County: 32 86,095 (±3.2 / ±10,899)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

590 ±91 Number of households
  • Tyler County: 3,296 ±147
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (1,405  ±243) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tyler County: 2.4 7,984 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±2.8% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Tyler County: 5.3% † 81 (±3.4% / ±52)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

752 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Tyler County: 4,110 ±19
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,300 ±$6,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tyler County: $121,300 † ±$12,612
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±5% (118  ±73.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tyler County: 5.7% † 459 (±1.8% / ±145.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.4% (903  ±146.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tyler County: 90.5% 5,414 (±6.3% / ±374.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±4.8% (163  ±53.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tyler County: 15.9% † 952 (±3% / ±181.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.8% ±1.1% (11  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tyler County: 0.6% 47
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±4.1% (94  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Tyler County: 8.8% † 571 (±2% / ±127)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
94 Total veterans ±46 92 Male ±45 2 Female ±3

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