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District 1, Kanawha County, WV

45,171 Population
425.1 square miles 106.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kanawha County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,348 ±$2,058 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kanawha County: $36,168 ±$1,128
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$55,594 ±$3,599 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kanawha County: $58,887 ±$1,679
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.8% ±2% (7,434  ±939) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 16.1% 28,216 (±1.1% / ±1,962)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

21.2 minutes ±1 (376,050  ±28,193) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kanawha County: 22.5 1,567,940 (±0.7 / ±62,897)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

20,030 ±636 Number of households
  • Kanawha County: 76,806 ±830
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0 (44,178  ±1,580) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kanawha County: 2.3 175,092 (±0 / ±37)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

2.9% ±1.2% (287  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kanawha County: 5.7% † 2,162 (±1% / ±363)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

23,876 ±693 Number of housing units
  • Kanawha County: 90,388 ±63
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$110,100 ±$5,904 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kanawha County: $135,000 ±$4,001
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

10% ±1.9% (4,501  ±864.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 9.1% 16,043 (±0.9% / ±1,570.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

87.8% ±2.5% (29,910  ±1,274.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kanawha County: 90.8% 117,264 (±2% / ±2,571.1)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
26.4% ±1.8% (8,981  ±676.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 29.3% 37,829 (±1.2% / ±1,481.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1.8% ±0.5% (823  ±239) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Kanawha County: 1.8% 3,214
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

6.3% ±0.8% (2,296  ±286) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 7% 10,006 (±0.6% / ±799)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
2,296 Total veterans ±286 2,180 Male ±283 116 Female ±63

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