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Plateau district, Fayette County, WV

17,548 Population
134.4 square miles 130.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fayette County: 44.7 ±0.5
  • 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

$26,972 ±$1,816 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Fayette County: $28,113 ±$1,386
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,609 ±$4,137 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Fayette County: $53,194 ±$2,709
  • 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% ±3.6% (3,495  ±629) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 19.2% † 7,364 (±2.7% / ±1,048)
  • 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)

26.6 minutes ±4.9 (168,570  ±33,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 30.1 407,720 (±2.2 / ±36,989)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,187 ±340 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 15,948 ±422
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (17,300  ±690) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.4 38,281 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±2% (137  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fayette County: 2.9% † 228 (±1.2% / ±95)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,397 ±350 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 19,084 ±34
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$104,300 ±$7,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Fayette County: $105,800 ±$4,907
  • 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

7.5% ±1.7% (1,305  ±303.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 7.5% † 2,937 (±1.4% / ±546.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±4.4% (10,774  ±720) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 86.9% 24,987 (±3.6% / ±1,032.6)
  • 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)
15.2% ±2.3% (1,920  ±304.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fayette County: 15.8% † 4,555 (±1.7% / ±487.7)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.3% (68  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 0.3% 103
  • about one-fifth 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

8.7% ±1.6% (1,195  ±226) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 8.4% † 2,629 (±0.9% / ±282)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,195 Total veterans ±226 1,088 Male ±221 107 Female ±73

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