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Center district, Gilmer County, WV

1,245 Population
120.2 square miles 10.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.2 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Gilmer County: 41.5 ±0.7
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,755 ±$4,856 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gilmer County: $20,425 † ±$3,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,656 ±$28,929 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Gilmer County: $47,981 ±$4,227
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±7.6% (178  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gilmer County: 19% † 967 (±5.2% / ±263)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.4 minutes ±8.3 (11,545  ±4,975) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gilmer County: 32.2 † 60,875 (±6 / ±12,340)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

531 ±119 Number of households
  • Gilmer County: 2,254 ±172
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (1,245  ±311) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Gilmer County: 2.3 5,140 (±0.2 / ±72)
  • 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

21.3% ±28.3% (26  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Gilmer County: 7.3% † 94 (±5.4% / ±70)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

604 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Gilmer County: 3,117 ±39
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$43,000 ±$34,056 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Gilmer County: $83,800 † ±$9,991
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±8.4% (130  ±106.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gilmer County: 12.2% † 883 (±3.1% / ±223.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.6% ±7.9% (839  ±183.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Gilmer County: 85.4% 4,560 (±6% / ±334.8)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.4% ±8.4% (144  ±83.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gilmer County: 18.5% † 990 (±3.7% / ±199.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.2% ±7.9% (138  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Gilmer County: 6.4% † 396 (±2% / ±124)
  • more than 1.5 times 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)
138 Total veterans ±88 129 Male ±85 9 Female ±17

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