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Sylvester, WV

192 Population
0.3 square miles 761.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±18.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,690 ±$8,836 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $34,749 ±$1,014
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$70,156 ±$34,921 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $58,089 ±$1,580
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

1.6% ±2.5% (3  ±5) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 16.6% 33,810 (±1.1% / ±2,229)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

42.9 minutes ±53.2 (1,715  ±1,283) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 23.8 1,870,255 (±0.8 / ±72,947)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

65 ±31 Number of households
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 87,660 ±907
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
3 ±1.1 (192  ±115) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 2.3 204,152 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

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

Housing

101 ±43 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 104,500 ±76
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$79,000 ±$11,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $128,900 ±$4,111
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

1% ±11.8% (2  ±22.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 8.9% 18,120 (±0.8% / ±1,626.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

85% ±31.3% (96  ±55.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 89.9% 134,827 (±1.8% / ±2,710)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
23.9% ±29.7% (27  ±35.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 26.9% 40,298 (±1% / ±1,524.8)
  • a little 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8% ±5.2% (12  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 7.1% 11,758 (±0.5% / ±802)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
12 Total veterans ±10 12 Male ±10 N/A Female ±13

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