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Western district, Braxton County, WV

3,104 Population
95 square miles 32.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.3 ±4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Braxton County: 46.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,112 ±$3,281 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Braxton County: $25,639 ±$1,870
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,359 ±$15,714 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Braxton County: $50,331 † ±$5,990
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±7.4% (627  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Braxton County: 20.4% † 2,399 (±3.7% / ±440)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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)

28.6 minutes ±11.6 (22,840  ±11,634) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Braxton County: 33.6 120,365 (±3.1 / ±15,218)
  • 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

1,317 ±215 Number of households
  • Braxton County: 4,790 ±266
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (3,104  ±452) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Braxton County: 2.5 11,769 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.8% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Braxton County: 3.2% † 76 (±2.7% / ±64)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,753 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Braxton County: 6,244 ±25
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,000 ±$11,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Braxton County: $117,900 ±$8,283
  • 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

5.9% ±5.3% (181  ±164.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Braxton County: 7.5% † 909 (±2% / ±243.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.1% ±2.8% (2,078  ±271.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Braxton County: 84.5% 7,723 (±5.2% / ±472.4)
  • 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)
15.3% ±4.7% (378  ±124.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Braxton County: 14.4% † 1,315 (±2.4% / ±220.5)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.2% (3  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Braxton County: 0.1% 12
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.3% ±6.6% (462  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Braxton County: 8.8% † 873 (±2.4% / ±235)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
462 Total veterans ±186 459 Male ±185 3 Female ±6

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