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District 1, Raleigh County, WV

20,798 Population
220.4 square miles 94.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Raleigh County: 42.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,240 ±$2,236 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Raleigh County: $28,661 ±$1,321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$48,830 ±$8,211 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Raleigh County: $52,055 ±$4,609
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

19.5% ±4.4% (4,040  ±946) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Raleigh County: 21.6% † 15,123 (±2.7% / ±1,872)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

25.3 minutes ±1.9 (171,340  ±26,870) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Raleigh County: 23.4 586,670 (±0.8 / ±35,038)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

8,550 ±610 Number of households
  • Raleigh County: 29,062 ±559
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0 (20,796  ±1,489) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Raleigh County: 2.4 70,316 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

1.1% ±0.9% (44  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Raleigh County: 2.8% † 422 (±1.3% / ±200)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

10,525 ±668 Number of housing units
  • Raleigh County: 34,637 ±40
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$130,800 ±$19,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Raleigh County: $142,600 ±$8,954
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

10.4% ±2.9% (2,146  ±609.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Raleigh County: 11.8% † 8,597 (±1.3% / ±966.3)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

83.7% ±4.3% (12,627  ±1,113.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Raleigh County: 85.5% 44,848 (±3.1% / ±1,668.2)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
17.6% ±3.3% (2,651  ±532.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Raleigh County: 21.6% 11,342 (±1.8% / ±961.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.4% (53  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Raleigh County: 1.3% 935
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.8% ±1.4% (952  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Raleigh County: 6.4% † 3,703 (±0.8% / ±450)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
952 Total veterans ±235 923 Male ±236 29 Female ±36

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