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District I, Mercer County, WV

16,131 Population
62.3 square miles 258.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,121 ±$2,929 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,753 ±$8,795 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $53,210 ±$3,616
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±3.3% (2,843  ±550) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±2.5 (126,560  ±19,339) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,058 ±435 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (15,885  ±944) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±2.6% (119  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% † 427 (±1.8% / ±223)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,837 ±411 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,600 ±$11,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±4.8% (1,961  ±775.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 9.8% † 5,674 (±1.9% / ±1,075.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.7% ±4.3% (10,099  ±774.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • 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)
23.1% ±3.3% (2,717  ±423.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

1% ±0.7% (166  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about three-fifths 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

5.3% ±1.6% (690  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
690 Total veterans ±207 676 Male ±205 14 Female ±16

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