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Williamson, WV

2,979 Population
3.3 square miles 909.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mingo County: 44.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,299 ±$10,850 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mingo County: $22,073 ±$1,912
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$24,119 ±$5,940 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mingo County: $39,527 † ±$4,136
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

32.3% ±9.4% (919  ±268) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mingo County: 29.9% † 6,804 (±3.7% / ±845)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

30.7 minutes ±4.9 (22,430  ±6,688) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mingo County: 35.1 † 190,970 (±3.5 / ±26,855)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,262 ±168 Number of households
  • Mingo County: 9,013 ±341
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.3 ±0.3 (2,894  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mingo County: 2.5 22,894 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.9% ±7% (39  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mingo County: 3.4% † 158 (±2.6% / ±120)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,644 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Mingo County: 11,554 ±20
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$93,300 ±$5,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mingo County: $85,600 ±$5,189
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

15.4% ±8.4% (452  ±248.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mingo County: 9.5% † 2,146 (±2.8% / ±644)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

85.5% ±12.6% (1,764  ±307.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mingo County: 76.5% 12,443 (±5% / ±816.5)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
11.2% ±5.1% (231  ±108.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mingo County: 8.3% † 1,355 (±1.6% / ±262.1)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1.2% ±1.4% (35  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mingo County: 0.3% 78
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

4% ±3.2% (86  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mingo County: 6.4% † 1,141 (±1.3% / ±237)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
86 Total veterans ±69 86 Male ±69 N/A Female ±13

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