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Smithers, WV

891 Population
1.4 square miles 625.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±11.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,190 ±$8,112 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$32,237 ±$17,208 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,345 ±$3,012
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

35.9% ±14.1% (320  ±185) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

15.3 minutes ±34.8 (2,090  ±1,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.7 985,235 (±0.5 / ±45,841)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

374 ±120 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.7 (886  ±378) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

7.5% ±10.7% (14  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3% † 698 (±1% / ±227)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

436 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$72,800 ±$18,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

27.6% ±22.4% (243  ±222.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.8% 12,187 (±1% / ±1,167.6)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

86.3% ±49.7% (640  ±228.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
23.6% ±21.5% (175  ±178.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 19.7% 16,019 (±1.4% / ±1,106.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1.4% ±1.8% (12  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 1% 1,126
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

10.2% ±6.4% (78  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 6,492 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
78 Total veterans ±60 65 Male ±49 13 Female ±24

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