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Central district, Monongalia County, WV

31,949 Population
7.3 square miles 4,378 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Monongalia County: 32.7 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,395 ±$2,100 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monongalia County: $42,045 ±$1,270
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,130 ±$5,393 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Monongalia County: $65,346 ±$2,524
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.7% ±3.5% (7,874  ±948) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Monongalia County: 19.7% 19,848 (±1.3% / ±1,336)
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

16.4 minutes ±0.8 (224,915  ±18,779) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monongalia County: 21 997,935 (±0.4 / ±37,352)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,683 ±527 Number of households
  • Monongalia County: 44,629 ±560
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (26,527  ±402) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monongalia County: 2.3 100,777 (±0 / ±141)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±1.1% (252  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monongalia County: 3.8% † 1,120 (±0.8% / ±247)
  • 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

14,706 ±541 Number of housing units
  • Monongalia County: 49,932 ±94
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$262,000 ±$17,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Monongalia County: $267,700 ±$8,091
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

40.2% ±3.3% (12,805  ±1,051.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Monongalia County: 23% 24,405 (±1.5% / ±1,581.7)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±4.1% (14,879  ±929.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monongalia County: 94.7% 62,948 (±2.7% / ±1,816.3)
  • about 10 percent 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)
57.7% ±3.8% (9,010  ±724.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monongalia County: 48.9% 32,519 (±1.9% / ±1,241.6)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

6.5% ±1.4% (2,071  ±434) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monongalia County: 5.4% 5,736
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±0.7% (954  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monongalia County: 4.9% † 4,377 (±0.6% / ±521)
  • 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)
954 Total veterans ±200 888 Male ±188 66 Female ±54

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