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Southwest district, Harrison County, WV

9,530 Population
121.2 square miles 78.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Harrison County: 42.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,863 ±$3,936 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Harrison County: $35,791 ±$1,364
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,631 ±$12,253 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Harrison County: $60,377 ±$1,834
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±3.5% (1,251  ±338) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Harrison County: 14.4% † 9,167 (±1.7% / ±1,103)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±0.7 (92,245  ±12,685) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Harrison County: 22.4 576,555 (±1.2 / ±36,193)
  • 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

3,668 ±342 Number of households
  • Harrison County: 26,353 ±451
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (9,123  ±823) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Harrison County: 2.4 63,929 (±0 / ±19)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±2.8% (115  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Harrison County: 5.8% † 810 (±1.8% / ±253)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,315 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Harrison County: 30,537 ±45
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,100 ±$13,895 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Harrison County: $166,200 ±$6,522
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±2.3% (726  ±223.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Harrison County: 8% † 5,114 (±1.2% / ±795.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89% ±11.2% (6,201  ±532.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harrison County: 89.8% 41,719 (±2.8% / ±1,308.5)
  • 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)
20.2% ±2.3% (1,406  ±204.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Harrison County: 27.2% 12,636 (±1.7% / ±769)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

1% ±0.7% (97  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Harrison County: 1.2% 787
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.8% (587  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Harrison County: 7.5% † 3,831 (±0.8% / ±415)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
587 Total veterans ±151 575 Male ±148 12 Female ±13

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