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Ohio County, WV

41,582 Population
105.8 square miles 392.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±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

$38,134 ±$2,133 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,094 ±$3,719 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±2.1% (6,969  ±808) 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)

21.1 minutes ±1.2 (362,445  ±24,003) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,342 ±354 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (39,410  ±42) 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

3.3% ±1% (290  ±89) 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

21,120 ±36 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,000 ±$5,293 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

12.3% ±1.6% (5,062  ±664.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±3.4% (27,216  ±1,003.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.9% ±2.1% (9,945  ±606.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • a little less than 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

2.5% (1,058  ±317) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1% (2,306  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,306 Total veterans ±323 2,183 Male ±322 123 Female ±49

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