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Summersville, WV

3,397 Population
4.5 square miles 757.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.4 ±5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Nicholas County: 46 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,745 ±$8,479 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Nicholas County: $29,257 ±$2,486
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$52,321 ±$12,817 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Nicholas County: $49,280 † ±$5,012
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

21.1% ±8.7% (702  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 17.8% † 4,323 (±2.7% / ±656)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

28.2 minutes ±9.9 (30,840  ±12,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 34.2 281,085 (±3.2 / ±32,725)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,618 ±153 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,595 ±358
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.1 ±0.2 (3,325  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 2.5 24,302 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

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

Housing

1,883 ±189 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,540 ±26
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$210,400 ±$49,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Nicholas County: $114,200 ±$7,352
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

15% ±9.1% (509  ±310.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Nicholas County: 6% † 1,460 (±1.8% / ±445.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

87.1% ±14.9% (2,337  ±438.3) 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)
30.3% ±11.3% (813  ±310.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nicholas County: 19% † 3,414 (±2.9% / ±524)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

3.3% ±4% (113  ±136) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nicholas County: 1.2% 289
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

11.4% ±4.8% (332  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nicholas County: 8.2% † 1,591 (±1.4% / ±270)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
332 Total veterans ±142 303 Male ±142 29 Female ±43

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