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McDowell County, WV

17,943 Population
533.5 square miles 33.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,253 ±$1,792 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$31,559 ±$2,515 Median household income
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.2% ±6.2% (5,399  ±983) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36 minutes ±5.6 (127,200  ±25,383) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,467 ±288 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (15,760  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±3.1% (141  ±99) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,336 ±21 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$50,000 ±$4,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±1.4% (1,187  ±242.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.5% ±4.8% (10,152  ±658.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.8% ±2.1% (911  ±286.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-fifth 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

1.6% (295  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.7% ±1.4% (694  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
694 Total veterans ±198 669 Male ±192 25 Female ±41

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