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District 2, Lincoln County, WV

6,857 Population
180.4 square miles 38 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,085 ±$2,715 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $25,319 ±$2,315
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,594 ±$6,186 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lincoln County: $46,205 † ±$6,238
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.7% ±6.2% (1,627  ±465) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Lincoln County: 23.2% † 4,541 (±4.1% / ±808)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.5 minutes ±8.7 (65,865  ±20,037) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lincoln County: 33.7 † 188,120 (±3.4 / ±28,298)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,832 ±313 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 7,673 ±353
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (6,857  ±820) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.6 19,829 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±6.2% (104  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 4.7% † 193 (±2.5% / ±105)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,452 ±318 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 9,595 ±23
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,000 ±$8,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $105,300 † ±$11,489
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±4.1% (557  ±288.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 7.4% † 1,458 (±2.4% / ±464.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±5.8% (4,187  ±551.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 82% 11,539 (±5.6% / ±784.6)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
6.3% ±2.6% (314  ±134.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 8.1% † 1,146 (±1.9% / ±261.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-fifth 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

0.9% ±1% (61  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Lincoln County: 0.5% 93
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±2.2% (220  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lincoln County: 5.6% † 855 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
220 Total veterans ±120 184 Male ±113 36 Female ±42

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