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District 2, Kanawha County, WV

43,751 Population
38 square miles 1,152.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kanawha County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,541 ±$2,194 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kanawha County: $37,354 ±$977
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,767 ±$4,489 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kanawha County: $60,943 ±$1,546
  • 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

15.8% ±2.4% (6,611  ±1,047) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kanawha County: 15.8% 27,300 (±1% / ±1,778)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±1.3 (327,210  ±30,452) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kanawha County: 21.8 1,490,200 (±0.6 / ±57,252)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,159 ±735 Number of households
  • Kanawha County: 76,459 ±898
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (42,031  ±1,479) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kanawha County: 2.3 173,421 (±0 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±1.6% (395  ±168) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 4.6% † 1,747 (±0.9% / ±357)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,895 ±724 Number of housing units
  • Kanawha County: 90,408 ±201
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,900 ±$7,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kanawha County: $147,300 ±$4,303
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±1.5% (4,415  ±676.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 8.7% 15,202 (±0.8% / ±1,323.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±3.1% (29,809  ±1,385.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 91.5% 117,235 (±1.9% / ±2,460.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.8% ±2.7% (13,217  ±943.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kanawha County: 29.7% 38,065 (±1.1% / ±1,434.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3.3% ±0.8% (1,444  ±370) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kanawha County: 2% 3,531
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±0.9% (2,123  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 6.8% 9,532 (±0.5% / ±744)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,123 Total veterans ±326 1,990 Male ±307 133 Female ±82

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