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Wellsburg district, Brooke County, WV

7,384 Population
47 square miles 157.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±5.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Brooke County: 46.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,552 ±$2,610 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Brooke County: $32,157 ±$1,765
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$51,154 ±$12,207 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Brooke County: $52,116 † ±$6,734
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

14.1% ±4.4% (938  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brooke County: 12.1% † 2,552 (±2.2% / ±462)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

25.8 minutes ±4.7 (68,125  ±14,691) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brooke County: 23.9 207,260 (±1.9 / ±20,536)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

2,774 ±259 Number of households
  • Brooke County: 9,437 ±204
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.3 (6,643  ±560) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brooke County: 2.2 21,098 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

1.4% ±1.8% (20  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Brooke County: 4.6% † 198 (±2.3% / ±98)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

3,374 ±300 Number of housing units
  • Brooke County: 10,700 ±32
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$106,100 ±$12,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Brooke County: $127,700 ±$11,972
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

8.5% ±3% (627  ±224.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Brooke County: 8.7% † 1,888 (±1.8% / ±387.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

92.2% ±4% (4,680  ±434.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brooke County: 92.4% 14,908 (±5% / ±803)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
24.5% ±4% (1,241  ±226.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brooke County: 21.9% † 3,533 (±2.5% / ±405.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.9% ±0.7% (67  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Brooke County: 1.5% 330
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

8.1% ±2.4% (513  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Brooke County: 6.6% † 1,209 (±1.4% / ±254)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
513 Total veterans ±154 513 Male ±154 N/A Female ±18

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