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Mercer County, WV

58,563 Population
419 square miles 139.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±0.4 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

$30,362 ±$1,912 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
$53,210 ±$3,616 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.5% ±2.1% (9,414  ±1,213) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±1.3 (519,050  ±35,411) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,224 ±574 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (57,199  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.4% ±1.8% (427  ±223) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

29,345 ±54 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,700 ±$10,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±1.9% (5,674  ±1,075.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±3.5% (36,825  ±1,471) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.9% ±1.9% (9,499  ±768.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.6% (370  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±0.9% (3,416  ±417) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,416 Total veterans ±417 3,302 Male ±409 114 Female ±56

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