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South district, Barbour County, WV

5,099 Population
88.2 square miles 57.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barbour County: 42.2 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,017 ±$2,933 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barbour County: $28,037 ±$2,221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,087 ±$8,721 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barbour County: $51,394 ±$3,654
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.5% ±6.5% (1,231  ±353) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barbour County: 20% † 2,954 (±3.6% / ±535)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.6 minutes ±4.5 (48,380  ±11,575) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Barbour County: 30.1 154,105 (±1.6 / ±13,973)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,788 ±163 Number of households
  • Barbour County: 6,152 ±213
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (5,033  ±534) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barbour County: 2.4 14,806 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2% ±2.2% (25  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barbour County: 3.1% † 107 (±2.5% / ±85)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,094 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Barbour County: 7,124 ±24
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,700 ±$13,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barbour County: $131,900 † ±$13,924
  • 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

3.1% ±1.6% (154  ±82.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Barbour County: 9.5% † 1,453 (±2.2% / ±336)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±4.3% (2,917  ±320.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barbour County: 88.5% 9,380 (±5.6% / ±596.4)
  • 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)
7.9% ±2.7% (271  ±97.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barbour County: 12.5% † 1,326 (±2.6% / ±273.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-fifth 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% ±0.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Barbour County: 0.4% 56
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±3.1% (310  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Barbour County: 7.7% † 951 (±1.8% / ±218)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
310 Total veterans ±123 302 Male ±123 8 Female ±10

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