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Eastern district, Monongalia County, WV

46,550 Population
82.1 square miles 567.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Monongalia County: 32.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,292 ±$2,469 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Monongalia County: $42,045 ±$1,270
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,100 ±$5,195 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Monongalia County: $65,346 ±$2,524
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±2.4% (8,793  ±1,111) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Monongalia County: 19.7% 19,848 (±1.3% / ±1,336)
  • about 20 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 ±0.9 (445,245  ±33,381) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Monongalia County: 21 997,935 (±0.4 / ±37,352)
  • 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

19,882 ±736 Number of households
  • Monongalia County: 44,629 ±560
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (45,630  ±1,171) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monongalia County: 2.3 100,777 (±0 / ±141)
  • 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

4.9% ±1.5% (599  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Monongalia County: 3.8% † 1,120 (±0.8% / ±247)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,964 ±692 Number of housing units
  • Monongalia County: 49,932 ±94
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$302,900 ±$15,203 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Monongalia County: $267,700 ±$8,091
  • nearly double the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.1% ±2.6% (9,190  ±1,219.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monongalia County: 23% 24,405 (±1.5% / ±1,581.7)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±3.5% (28,624  ±1,364.4) 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52.9% ±2.5% (15,847  ±901.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 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)
  • about 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

6.9% ±1.2% (3,209  ±578) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.1% ±1% (1,933  ±388) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Monongalia County: 4.9% † 4,377 (±0.6% / ±521)
  • 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)
1,933 Total veterans ±388 1,585 Male ±377 348 Female ±137

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