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Clay district, Hancock County, WV

8,839 Population
27.8 square miles 317.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hancock County: 47 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,633 ±$6,752 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hancock County: $37,064 ±$2,746
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,025 ±$7,623 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hancock County: $61,466 ±$3,968
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.4% ±3.1% (1,270  ±290) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 14.5% † 4,055 (±2.4% / ±682)
  • 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)

26.7 minutes ±1.5 (92,000  ±15,639) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hancock County: 25 279,965 (±1.3 / ±20,471)
  • 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

3,907 ±329 Number of households
  • Hancock County: 12,824 ±287
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (8,826  ±739) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hancock County: 2.2 28,143 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±5.1% (112  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hancock County: 5% † 281 (±2.3% / ±127)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,467 ±329 Number of housing units
  • Hancock County: 14,194 ±27
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,300 ±$12,359 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hancock County: $130,800 ±$11,576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±2.1% (537  ±190.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hancock County: 9.4% † 2,658 (±1.7% / ±470.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±2.6% (5,964  ±494.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hancock County: 90.9% 19,300 (±4.3% / ±920.1)
  • 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)
18% ±2.8% (1,174  ±206.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hancock County: 19.9% † 4,220 (±2.2% / ±456.3)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±0.6% (88  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hancock County: 0.9% 264
  • about half 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% ±1.6% (576  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hancock County: 8.2% † 1,897 (±1.2% / ±275)
  • 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)
576 Total veterans ±126 546 Male ±118 30 Female ±30

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