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District 3, Lincoln County, WV

6,382 Population
118.1 square miles 54.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lincoln County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • a little less 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

$24,550 ±$2,739 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lincoln County: $25,319 ±$2,315
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,146 ±$10,653 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lincoln County: $46,205 † ±$6,238
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.1% ±8.4% (1,561  ±566) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 23.2% † 4,541 (±4.1% / ±808)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±5.7 (58,145  ±16,820) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lincoln County: 33.7 † 188,120 (±3.4 / ±28,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,363 ±322 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 7,673 ±353
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.5 (6,309  ±858) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.6 19,829 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±2.1% (38  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lincoln County: 4.7% † 193 (±2.5% / ±105)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,237 ±343 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 9,595 ±23
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,000 ±$22,590 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $105,300 † ±$11,489
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.4% ±2.1% (280  ±136.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lincoln County: 7.4% † 1,458 (±2.4% / ±464.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

79.7% ±13.9% (3,411  ±397.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 82% 11,539 (±5.6% / ±784.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.9% ±2.5% (336  ±117.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 8.1% † 1,146 (±1.9% / ±261.4)
  • about one-third 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

0.1% ±0.2% (9  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lincoln County: 0.5% 93
  • about 10 percent 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% ±3.1% (337  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lincoln County: 5.6% † 855 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
337 Total veterans ±156 320 Male ±155 17 Female ±21

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