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Elkins, WV Micro Area

27,576 Population
1,039.7 square miles 26.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,069 ±$1,989 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,757 ±$4,392 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±2.5% (4,018  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±1.9 (207,305  ±22,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,678 ±303 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (25,262  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.5% (295  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,072 ±38 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,800 ±$19,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±2.4% (3,515  ±649.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±4.7% (17,906  ±945.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.8% ±2.6% (4,013  ±531.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

0.5% (130  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.3% ±1.4% (1,634  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,634 Total veterans ±307 1,562 Male ±294 72 Female ±54

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