Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

26241

14,221 Population
104.7 square miles 135.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

44.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 44.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,863 ±$3,256 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $28,277 ±$1,828
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$53,102 ±$6,081 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $55,057 ±$4,290
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

14.2% ±2.7% (1,919  ±380) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 14.7% † 3,725 (±2% / ±517)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

14.8 minutes ±1.3 (84,120  ±11,669) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 20.9 204,890 (±1.7 / ±21,465)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

5,645 ±399 Number of households
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 10,385 ±364
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.2 (13,583  ±759) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 2.5 25,403 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

4.3% ±2.7% (124  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 4.6% † 234 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

6,807 ±356 Number of housing units
  • the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13,090 ±49
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$143,100 ±$24,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: $137,800 † ±$17,370
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

13% ±3.6% (1,818  ±506.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 13.3% † 3,642 (±2.4% / ±643.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.9% ±4.9% (9,224  ±723.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 87.8% 17,909 (±4.6% / ±949.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
23.2% ±3.7% (2,379  ±404) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 19% † 3,869 (±2.5% / ±511.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.9% ±0.5% (133  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 0.5% 141
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.5% ±1.4% (872  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Elkins, WV Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,704 (±1% / ±236)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
872 Total veterans ±164 793 Male ±149 79 Female ±55

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.