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Ritchie County, WV

8,286 Population
452 square miles 18.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±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

$27,681 ±$2,328 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,582 ±$4,402 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

21.6% ±4.7% (1,742  ±378) 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)

33 minutes ±4.9 (93,280  ±16,219) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,389 ±170 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (8,250  ±2) 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

6% ±4% (97  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,176 ±16 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,900 ±$8,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.3% ±1.4% (352  ±117.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±5.7% (5,194  ±351.1) 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)
14.4% ±2.9% (879  ±176.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

1.5% (120  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 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

7% ±2% (466  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than 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)
466 Total veterans ±132 412 Male ±116 54 Female ±43

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