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District C, Clay County, WV

2,496 Population
92.7 square miles 26.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±8.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clay County: 45.4 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,117 ±$6,389 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Clay County: $24,781 † ±$2,704
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,114 ±$34,039 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Clay County: $42,318 † ±$10,911
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21% ±12.3% (523  ±322) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 26.4% † 2,055 (±7.2% / ±558)
  • about 25 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)

52.3 minutes ±12.3 (40,880  ±15,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 45.4 † 102,730 (±4.9 / ±17,295)
  • about double the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

829 ±155 Number of households
  • Clay County: 2,972 ±192
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (2,496  ±487) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.6 7,774 (±0.2 / ±3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,069 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 3,961 ±13
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$143,100 ±$50,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Clay County: $109,100 † ±$17,906
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±7.7% (301  ±197.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Clay County: 6.5% † 504 (±2.9% / ±227.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±6% (1,322  ±258.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 84.9% 4,585 (±7.2% / ±406.3)
  • 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)
12.3% ±6.2% (190  ±102.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 11.3% † 612 (±2.9% / ±158.5)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.3% ±4.6% (151  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Clay County: 6.1% † 372 (±1.9% / ±118)
  • 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)
151 Total veterans ±88 146 Male ±87 5 Female ±15

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