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Thomas, WV

599 Population
3.5 square miles 171.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tucker County: 51.3 ±0.8
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,046 ±$6,556 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Tucker County: $34,950 ±$2,753
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,042 ±$7,998 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Tucker County: $53,358 ±$4,145
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.6% ±13.6% (101  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tucker County: 15.3% † 994 (±2.9% / ±190)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.7 minutes ±5.3 (3,080  ±1,847) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Tucker County: 27.4 † 66,860 (±2.7 / ±9,237)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

219 ±76 Number of households
  • Tucker County: 2,840 ±176
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (515  ±185) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Tucker County: 2.3 6,516 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

317 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Tucker County: 4,652 ±31
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,400 ±$26,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Tucker County: $154,800 † ±$16,011
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±7.8% (89  ±54.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Tucker County: 8.3% † 545 (±2% / ±134.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.4% ±35.7% (485  ±114.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Tucker County: 90.6% 4,737 (±5.8% / ±307.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±8.1% (100  ±49) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tucker County: 23.6% † 1,234 (±3.5% / ±181.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.2% ±2% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Tucker County: 0.9% 58
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.2% ±6.7% (80  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Tucker County: 8.7% † 497 (±1.4% / ±81)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
80 Total veterans ±43 80 Male ±43 N/A Female ±13

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