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Wheeling, WV--OH Urban Area

56,697 Population
36.9 square miles 1,537.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,328 ±$1,289 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,663 ±$2,422 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±1.7% (11,344  ±923) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.1 minutes ±0.8 (456,145  ±26,321) 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

26,076 ±625 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (55,055  ±897) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±0.9% (386  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

30,655 ±584 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,700 ±$6,521 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±1.4% (6,993  ±816.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±2.3% (37,593  ±1,169.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.5% ±1.5% (11,206  ±648.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters 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% ±0.4% (1,093  ±231) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±0.7% (3,044  ±324) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,044 Total veterans ±324 2,919 Male ±328 125 Female ±49

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