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Parkersburg, WV--OH Urban Area

62,663 Population
39.9 square miles 1,570.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,884 ±$1,233 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,972 ±$2,858 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±1.5% (10,834  ±938) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±1.1 (497,705  ±35,196) 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

27,713 ±568 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (61,770  ±1,145) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±1.8% (988  ±250) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

31,108 ±483 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,100 ±$7,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±1.4% (6,755  ±857.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±2.6% (40,702  ±1,399.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±1.3% (10,012  ±607.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

1.1% ±0.3% (717  ±157) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±0.9% (4,033  ±451) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,033 Total veterans ±451 3,846 Male ±447 187 Female ±79

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