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Lost River district, Hardy County, WV

2,624 Population
176.8 square miles 14.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hardy County: 46.7 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$35,982 ±$6,559 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hardy County: $29,801 ±$2,187
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$66,154 ±$26,194 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hardy County: $49,272 ±$2,641
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

16.1% ±7.4% (406  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 17.7% † 2,499 (±3.3% / ±465)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

38.4 minutes ±7.5 (36,525  ±11,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hardy County: 29.7 161,270 (±2.8 / ±19,920)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,130 ±196 Number of households
  • Hardy County: 5,954 ±245
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (2,567  ±470) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hardy County: 2.4 14,158 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

5.6% ±8.7% (28  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hardy County: 7% † 184 (±3.8% / ±99)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,079 ±248 Number of housing units
  • Hardy County: 8,284 ±18
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$160,600 ±$49,244 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hardy County: $166,300 ±$12,533
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

15.8% ±10.5% (414  ±285.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hardy County: 9.1% † 1,280 (±3.1% / ±434.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

87.2% ±4.6% (1,879  ±301.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hardy County: 84.9% 8,920 (±5.5% / ±575.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
18.1% ±6% (391  ±142.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hardy County: 15.7% † 1,645 (±2.7% / ±279.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

0.3% ±0.7% (8  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Hardy County: 2.1% 292
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

7.6% ±3.8% (169  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hardy County: 8% † 916 (±1.9% / ±211)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
169 Total veterans ±88 121 Male ±63 48 Female ±51

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