Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Buckhannon, WV Urban Area

8,141 Population
6.5 square miles 1,251.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

35.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,058 ±$3,371 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,364 ±$9,017 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.6% ±5.7% (1,730  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20 minutes ±3.4 (51,095  ±11,112) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,122 ±265 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,768  ±464) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.4% (59  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,579 ±262 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,700 ±$7,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.4% ±4.5% (1,312  ±368.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±6.6% (4,600  ±454.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.4% ±4.8% (1,231  ±255.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

1.9% ±1% (151  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2% (444  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
444 Total veterans ±135 424 Male ±134 20 Female ±25

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.