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West Liberty, WV

1,481 Population
1.1 square miles 1,356.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 44.2 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$12,359 ±$2,560 Per capita income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $34,460 ±$892
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,750 ±$27,574 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $57,418 ±$2,347
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.6% ±20.8% (161  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 16.6% 21,572 (±1.1% / ±1,386)
  • about double 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)

22.6 minutes ±7 (14,630  ±5,537) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 23.7 1,305,780 (±0.7 / ±47,691)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

220 ±72 Number of households
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 58,024 ±724
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±1 (471  ±147) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 2.3 130,301 (±0 / ±63)
  • 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

294 ±83 Number of housing units
  • the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 67,343 ±74
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,900 ±$53,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: $156,600 ±$3,407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.4% ±8.5% (317  ±130.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 10.3% 14,017 (±0.9% / ±1,251.9)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±45.4% (228  ±73.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 92.4% 92,091 (±1.9% / ±1,863)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.9% ±16.2% (99  ±54.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 23.7% 23,604 (±1% / ±969.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.3% ±3.8% (63  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 1.5% 2,018
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1% ±0.6% (14  ±9) Population with veteran status
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Wheeling, WV-OH Metro Area: 7% 7,757 (±0.5% / ±553)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±9 14 Male ±9 N/A Female ±13

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