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Lost River district, Hardy County, WV

2,811 Population
176.8 square miles 15.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hardy County: 47.3 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,295 ±$5,656 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hardy County: $29,876 ±$1,919
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$55,385 ±$16,065 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hardy County: $49,302 ±$4,486
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

21.8% ±9.3% (591  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hardy County: 17.7% † 2,491 (±3.8% / ±534)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

43.3 minutes ±8.6 (45,240  ±13,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Hardy County: 28.6 169,550 (±2 / ±16,445)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,124 ±194 Number of households
  • Hardy County: 5,909 ±248
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.6 (2,752  ±442) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hardy County: 2.4 14,148 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

4.3% ±6.5% (20  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hardy County: 5.5% † 148 (±3.5% / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

2,062 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Hardy County: 8,217 ±34
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$135,400 ±$18,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hardy County: $159,700 ±$11,549
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

11.7% ±7.6% (328  ±220.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hardy County: 9.1% † 1,288 (±3% / ±418.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

84.8% ±18.2% (1,900  ±283.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hardy County: 86.6% 9,248 (±5.2% / ±569.2)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
13.3% ±5.6% (298  ±133.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 15.7% † 1,673 (±2.4% / ±255.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.7% (7  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hardy County: 1.5% 206
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

9.6% ±4.4% (224  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hardy County: 8.9% † 1,027 (±1.9% / ±219)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
224 Total veterans ±109 212 Male ±107 12 Female ±23

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