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Browns Creek district, McDowell County, WV

5,625 Population
79.9 square miles 70.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • 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

$11,836 ±$1,969 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$27,070 ±$6,700 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

33.7% ±8.7% (1,206  ±388) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 34.2% † 5,399 (±6.2% / ±983)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±5 (15,190  ±5,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,606 ±275 Number of households
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,547  ±682) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • 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

5.7% ±8.9% (32  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in McDowell County: 4.4% † 141 (±3.1% / ±99)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,307 ±263 Number of housing units
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$45,400 ±$15,491 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • about one-quarter of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.3% ±2.9% (832  ±182.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.5% ±4.6% (3,495  ±419.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±4.3% (355  ±204.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • 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

5.2% ±1% (292  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 1.6% 295
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±1.7% (163  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
163 Total veterans ±85 163 Male ±85 N/A Female ±18

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