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First district, Preston County, WV

6,318 Population
92.4 square miles 68.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Preston County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,654 ±$3,404 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,917 ±$10,711 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±3.7% (611  ±241) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Preston County: 13.8% † 4,160 (±2.2% / ±650)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±5.2 (68,790  ±8,888) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Preston County: 31.1 381,285 (±1.4 / ±24,434)
  • 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

2,596 ±251 Number of households
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (6,318  ±590) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±2.5% (39  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Preston County: 6.5% † 442 (±2.1% / ±145)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,869 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$174,700 ±$21,364 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±2% (229  ±129.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Preston County: 10% † 3,377 (±1.6% / ±524.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±3.2% (4,250  ±429.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Preston County: 86.2% 22,277 (±3% / ±776)
  • a little 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)
23.2% ±3.8% (1,070  ±203) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.5% (27  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Preston County: 1.6% 534
  • about one-quarter 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

6.6% ±2.1% (331  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
331 Total veterans ±108 314 Male ±102 17 Female ±20

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