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Greenbrier County, WV

32,386 Population
1,019.8 square miles 31.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,258 ±$2,673 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,218 ±$3,001 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.8% ±3% (6,904  ±959) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±1.8 (301,910  ±26,514) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,788 ±369 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (31,774  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±3.3% (636  ±215) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,913 ±34 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,000 ±$11,571 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.9% ±2% (2,839  ±641.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±4.1% (20,904  ±997.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±2.5% (5,308  ±587.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • 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

1.8% (573  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±1.3% (2,158  ±327) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,158 Total veterans ±327 2,037 Male ±317 121 Female ±56

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