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District 2, Mineral County, WV

8,884 Population
34.2 square miles 260.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mineral County: 44.6 ±0.4
  • 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

$36,769 ±$5,241 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mineral County: $38,731 † ±$4,406
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,515 ±$12,202 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Mineral County: $69,375 ±$4,447
  • 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

18.7% ±5.4% (1,554  ±463) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mineral County: 14% † 3,666 (±2.6% / ±687)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±4.2 (65,350  ±16,410) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mineral County: 27.3 277,230 (±1.6 / ±23,889)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,658 ±338 Number of households
  • Mineral County: 11,120 ±309
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (8,348  ±639) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mineral County: 2.4 26,270 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • 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

2.4% ±2.7% (38  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mineral County: 5% † 267 (±2.8% / ±150)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,175 ±330 Number of housing units
  • Mineral County: 12,509 ±34
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,500 ±$12,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mineral County: $180,400 ±$12,609
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.6% (837  ±320.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mineral County: 7.8% † 2,071 (±2.4% / ±633.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±8.2% (5,885  ±661.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mineral County: 94.2% 18,365 (±5% / ±976.4)
  • 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)
26% ±6.2% (1,660  ±409.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mineral County: 23.7% † 4,626 (±2.8% / ±550.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.3% ±0.6% (28  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mineral County: 0.5% 136
  • about one-fifth 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

7.9% ±3.4% (562  ±248) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mineral County: 7.7% † 1,641 (±1.5% / ±320)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
562 Total veterans ±248 530 Male ±236 32 Female ±40

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