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Charleston, WV Urban Area

133,045 Population
93 square miles 1,430.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,025 ±$2,090 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$55,653 ±$3,614 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.1% ±2.5% (22,149  ±3,374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,184,540  ±58,483) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

60,192 ±2,866 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (130,230  ±6,046) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±2.2% (1,461  ±632) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

69,300 ±2,420 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$144,400 ±$15,291 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.1% ±1.5% (10,669  ±2,060) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.3% ±3.4% (90,160  ±5,074.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
33.5% ±2.7% (32,694  ±2,993) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

2.1% ±0.6% (2,730  ±823) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.6% ±1.2% (7,127  ±1,295) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
7,127 Total veterans ±1,295 6,801 Male ±1,276 326 Female ±232

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