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Beckley, WV Urban Area

56,311 Population
53.7 square miles 1,049.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$28,753 ±$1,676 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,343 ±$3,687 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

20.7% ±2.8% (11,282  ±1,607) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.9 minutes ±0.8 (416,045  ±28,190) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

23,351 ±722 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0 (54,771  ±1,960) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4% ±1.6% (483  ±198) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

27,437 ±755 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$134,100 ±$8,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.9% ±1.4% (6,073  ±824) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.3% ±2.2% (34,401  ±1,459.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
22.1% ±1.9% (8,686  ±797.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.6% ±0.4% (886  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.3% ±1.1% (3,644  ±477) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,644 Total veterans ±477 3,386 Male ±451 258 Female ±134

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