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Wirt County, WV

5,202 Population
232.5 square miles 22.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$26,966 ±$2,274 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$52,776 ±$6,589 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

20.3% ±6% (1,046  ±310) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

33.6 minutes ±5.2 (58,335  ±6,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

2,149 ±132 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.2 (5,202  ±18) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

0.6% ±0.9% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

2,743 ±11 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$109,200 ±$12,680 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

5.9% ±2.4% (307  ±,121.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

85.8% ±8.2% (3,303  ±,332.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
15.2% ±4% (583  ±,155.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 22.7% 288,779 (±0.3% / ±4,107.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% (10  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

9.6% ±2.3% (394  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
394 Total veterans ±96 377 Male ±93 17 Female ±18

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