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Wood County, WV

83,624 Population
366.5 square miles 228.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,065 ±$3,414 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $30,195 ±$646
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$54,153 ±$6,103 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $51,248 ±$1,085
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14.2% ±3.3% (11,674  ±2,742) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,930 (±0.8% / ±13,791)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

19.7 minutes ±0.6 (664,685  ±26,290) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26 17,715,576 (±0.3 / ±204,855)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

35,756 ±1,293 Number of households
  • West Virginia: 722,201 ±5,460
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.3 ±0.1 (82,625  ±524) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,738,986 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

7% ±4.1% (1,230  ±714) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.8% † 18,169 (±0.6% / ±2,374)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

40,295 ±222 Number of housing units
  • West Virginia: 858,462 ±264
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$144,200 ±$14,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $143,200 ±$3,750
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

9.5% ±4.1% (7,796  ±3,340.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.4% 183,751 (±0.7% / ±11,945.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.1% ±6% (55,180  ±3,589.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.8% 1,123,971 (±1.3% / ±16,557.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
25.2% ±3.2% (15,117  ±1,891.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,188 (±0.7% / ±8,903.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

0.9% ±0.5% (774  ±374) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% † 27,861 (±0.2% / ±3,173)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

9.9% ±1.9% (6,547  ±1,228) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.6% 107,271 (±0.3% / ±4,721)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
6,547 Total veterans ±1,228 6,005 Male ±1,100 542 Female ±319

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