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Welch, WV

3,492 Population
6 square miles 578.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 43.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$11,111 ±$2,143 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McDowell County: $16,599 ±$1,519
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$36,188 ±$11,552 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $29,980 † ±$3,986
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

26.8% ±8.8% (405  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 30.9% † 5,054 (±5.3% / ±867)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

16.3 minutes ±7.5 (7,475  ±3,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in McDowell County: 34.8 † 119,200 (±4.5 / ±22,615)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

679 ±105 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,484 ±273
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.4 (1,513  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 2.5 16,297 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • 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

1,018 ±129 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,380 ±20
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$56,500 ±$17,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $49,200 † ±$5,200
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

22.4% ±4.9% (783  ±169.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 1,230 (±1.7% / ±301)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

74.8% ±8.6% (2,279  ±275.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 75.9% 10,510 (±4.8% / ±675)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
6.3% ±2.3% (193  ±69.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 5.8% † 796 (±1.9% / ±255.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

8.5% ±2% (296  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 1.8% 337
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

3.9% ±1.9% (126  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McDowell County: 5.5% † 830 (±1.3% / ±189)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
126 Total veterans ±62 126 Male ±62 N/A Female ±13

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