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Southern district, Pocahontas County, WV

2,627 Population
368.3 square miles 7.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±5.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pocahontas County: 49.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,376 ±$3,399 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pocahontas County: $24,646 ±$2,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,056 ±$8,579 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $42,119 ±$3,188
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±9.5% (348  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pocahontas County: 22.6% † 1,674 (±4.3% / ±317)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±10.9 (16,415  ±4,232) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pocahontas County: 22.8 51,280 (±1.7 / ±6,459)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,056 ±142 Number of households
  • Pocahontas County: 3,181 ±169
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (2,366  ±344) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.3 7,443 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • 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

3.9% ±4.9% (13  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pocahontas County: 5.3% † 69 (±2.9% / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,771 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Pocahontas County: 6,834 ±33
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$173,500 ±$21,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $152,400 ±$13,591
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±4% (242  ±108.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 8.8% † 678 (±2.5% / ±188.2)
  • 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

87.6% ±5.7% (1,873  ±281.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 85.7% 5,053 (±6.1% / ±364.6)
  • 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)
23% ±5.7% (492  ±138.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 19.7% † 1,159 (±3.3% / ±192.4)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.1% ±0.2% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pocahontas County: 0.6% 44
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.8% ±4.3% (274  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 11.8% † 752 (±2.1% / ±137)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
274 Total veterans ±100 245 Male ±88 29 Female ±25

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