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Buckhannon, WV Urban Area

8,168 Population
6.5 square miles 1,255.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,622 ±$4,144 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$45,423 ±$5,748 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

26.2% ±6.3% (1,778  ±450) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

18 minutes ±1.6 (46,070  ±7,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,170 ±246 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0 (6,806  ±541) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.4% ±1.5% (50  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

3,525 ±263 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$156,500 ±$11,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

16.6% ±4.5% (1,336  ±374.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91% ±6.8% (4,418  ±470.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.4% ±5% (1,137  ±258.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

1.3% ±0.8% (109  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.6% ±2.1% (437  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
437 Total veterans ±139 401 Male ±136 36 Female ±42

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