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Welch, WV

3,507 Population
7.6 square miles 459.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$10,499 ±$2,015 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,969 ±$11,733 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.2% ±11.5% (411  ±168) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 34.2% † 5,399 (±6.2% / ±983)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.3 minutes ±7.2 (6,120  ±3,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

681 ±133 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (1,458  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

969 ±135 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$57,300 ±$20,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.6% ±4.9% (794  ±171.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

72% ±7.9% (2,175  ±260.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
5% ±2.1% (152  ±62.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • less than a fifth 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

8.3% ±1.9% (292  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 1.6% 295
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±2% (108  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
108 Total veterans ±64 108 Male ±64 N/A Female ±13

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