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Summersville district, Nicholas County, WV

5,317 Population
62.3 square miles 85.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nicholas County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,848 ±$7,696 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Nicholas County: $32,265 † ±$3,212
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,750 ±$20,138 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nicholas County: $54,639 ±$5,254
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±7.4% (922  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 15.4% † 3,705 (±2.9% / ±704)
  • a little higher than 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)

27.3 minutes ±10 (50,245  ±20,984) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 33.1 276,090 (±2.7 / ±32,587)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,200 ±264 Number of households
  • Nicholas County: 9,466 ±375
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (5,234  ±517) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicholas County: 2.6 24,142 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,522 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Nicholas County: 12,550 ±48
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,700 ±$43,693 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Nicholas County: $121,600 † ±$13,727
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±8.1% (704  ±433.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nicholas County: 8.3% † 2,006 (±3% / ±721.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.8% ±6.9% (3,378  ±463) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
33.8% ±8% (1,299  ±341.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Nicholas County: 23.3% † 4,122 (±3.2% / ±569.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • a little less than 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

5.4% ±4.4% (289  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Nicholas County: 1.6% 399
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3% (350  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nicholas County: 7.6% † 1,456 (±1.4% / ±273)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
350 Total veterans ±130 309 Male ±140 41 Female ±52

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