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Romney district, Hampshire County, WV

3,798 Population
82 square miles 46.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampshire County: 48.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,542 ±$3,789 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampshire County: $34,465 ±$2,795
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,036 ±$18,460 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampshire County: $63,116 † ±$7,583
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.9% ±8% (806  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 13.1% † 2,980 (±2.3% / ±532)
  • about 1.3 times 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)

29.9 minutes ±9.5 (34,525  ±12,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hampshire County: 41.5 344,600 (±2.5 / ±32,920)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,584 ±215 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 8,643 ±404
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (3,683  ±566) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampshire County: 2.7 22,903 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • 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

6% ±5.8% (42  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 5.1% † 225 (±2.6% / ±116)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,080 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 12,639 ±19
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,600 ±$38,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampshire County: $219,200 ±$11,094
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±4.5% (361  ±175.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 8% † 1,871 (±2% / ±466.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±5% (2,493  ±413.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 88.5% 15,712 (±5.1% / ±922)
  • 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)
19.4% ±4.7% (536  ±154.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 18.3% † 3,247 (±2.5% / ±450.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half 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

1.1% ±0.8% (41  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampshire County: 1.6% 369
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.8% (220  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 9.1% † 1,743 (±1.6% / ±306)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
220 Total veterans ±89 220 Male ±89 N/A Female ±13

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