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Beaver district, Nicholas County, WV

7,169 Population
107.5 square miles 66.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • 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

$28,012 ±$5,549 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nicholas County: $32,265 † ±$3,212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,051 ±$20,246 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nicholas County: $54,639 ±$5,254
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.8% ±4.7% (1,197  ±363) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 15.4% † 3,705 (±2.9% / ±704)
  • about the same as 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)

30.3 minutes ±4.7 (69,800  ±20,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 33.1 276,090 (±2.7 / ±32,587)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,685 ±284 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,466 ±375
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (7,128  ±786) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Nicholas County: 2.6 24,142 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.3% ±1.2% (5  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Nicholas County: 1.9% † 87 (±1.7% / ±78)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,753 ±269 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,550 ±48
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,700 ±$14,511 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nicholas County: $121,600 † ±$13,727
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±5.7% (661  ±412.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 8.3% † 2,006 (±3% / ±721.6)
  • 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

90.8% ±7.5% (4,830  ±620.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Nicholas County: 90.3% 15,969 (±5.3% / ±955.8)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% ±6.3% (1,133  ±350.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nicholas County: 23.3% † 4,122 (±3.2% / ±569.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.8% ±0.9% (60  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Nicholas County: 1.6% 399
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±2.9% (438  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Nicholas County: 7.6% † 1,456 (±1.4% / ±273)
  • a little 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)
438 Total veterans ±170 406 Male ±161 32 Female ±42

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