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Capon district, Hampshire County, WV

2,931 Population
105.2 square miles 27.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±18.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampshire County: 48.5 ±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

$38,186 ±$13,720 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $34,465 ±$2,795
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,674 ±$22,518 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $63,116 † ±$7,583
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.9% ±8.8% (490  ±281) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampshire County: 13.1% † 2,980 (±2.3% / ±532)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

45 minutes ±9.7 (49,125  ±15,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 41.5 344,600 (±2.5 / ±32,920)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

971 ±187 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 8,643 ±404
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (2,931  ±682) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.7 22,903 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • 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

9.7% ±14.5% (58  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Hampshire County: 5.1% † 225 (±2.6% / ±116)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,564 ±191 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 12,639 ±19
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,400 ±$30,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hampshire County: $219,200 ±$11,094
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±6.3% (370  ±202.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 8% † 1,871 (±2% / ±466.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±28.4% (1,544  ±336.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 88.5% 15,712 (±5.1% / ±922)
  • 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)
10.2% ±3.7% (181  ±79.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 18.3% † 3,247 (±2.5% / ±450.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-quarter 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

2.7% ±2.6% (79  ±78) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 1.6% 369
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.3% ±6.1% (257  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 9.1% † 1,743 (±1.6% / ±306)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
257 Total veterans ±148 214 Male ±150 43 Female ±44

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