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Hardy County, WV

14,243 Population
582.3 square miles 24.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±0.6 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

$29,801 ±$2,187 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
$49,272 ±$2,641 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

17.7% ±3.3% (2,499  ±465) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±2.8 (161,270  ±19,920) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,954 ±245 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (14,158  ±4) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±3.8% (184  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,284 ±18 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,300 ±$12,533 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±3.1% (1,280  ±434.8) 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

84.9% ±5.5% (8,920  ±575.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
15.7% ±2.7% (1,645  ±279.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-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

2.1% (292  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher 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% ±1.9% (916  ±211) 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)
916 Total veterans ±211 778 Male ±174 138 Female ±83

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