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Central district, Monongalia County, WV

31,972 Population
7.3 square miles 4,381.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Monongalia County: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,771 ±$1,981 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monongalia County: $40,258 ±$1,241
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$43,784 ±$3,631 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Monongalia County: $62,704 ±$2,119
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

32.5% ±3.7% (8,665  ±1,000) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monongalia County: 20.5% 20,538 (±1.6% / ±1,601)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

17.5 minutes ±1.1 (231,170  ±21,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monongalia County: 21.8 1,036,145 (±0.7 / ±44,609)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

12,829 ±556 Number of households
  • Monongalia County: 44,361 ±602
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.1 ±0.1 (26,659  ±451) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monongalia County: 2.3 100,192 (±0 / ±227)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

4.1% ±2.2% (427  ±227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monongalia County: 4.7% † 1,371 (±1.1% / ±314)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

14,982 ±500 Number of housing units
  • Monongalia County: 49,795 ±116
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$241,700 ±$12,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Monongalia County: $254,200 ±$7,118
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

41.9% ±3.8% (13,270  ±1,223.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Monongalia County: 24.1% 25,380 (±1.8% / ±1,940.8)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

93.1% ±4.8% (14,604  ±942.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monongalia County: 94% 61,985 (±2.9% / ±1,899.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
57.7% ±4.2% (9,046  ±747.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monongalia County: 47.9% 31,598 (±2% / ±1,319.6)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.2% ±1.4% (1,974  ±434) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monongalia County: 5.1% 5,419
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

3.4% ±0.8% (977  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monongalia County: 5.5% 4,871 (±0.5% / ±463)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
977 Total veterans ±229 897 Male ±222 80 Female ±54

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