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District 3, Raleigh County, WV

28,988 Population
159.5 square miles 181.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Raleigh County: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,737 ±$2,277 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Raleigh County: $28,797 ±$1,343
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,635 ±$5,664 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Raleigh County: $52,150 ±$3,933
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±3.6% (4,504  ±964) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Raleigh County: 22.8% † 15,883 (±2.8% / ±1,951)
  • 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)

24.5 minutes ±1 (246,915  ±26,090) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Raleigh County: 23.7 581,285 (±1.1 / ±41,260)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,775 ±599 Number of households
  • Raleigh County: 29,004 ±678
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (26,293  ±1,402) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Raleigh County: 2.4 69,856 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • 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

4.8% ±2.1% (290  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh County: 4.1% † 619 (±1.5% / ±217)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,987 ±507 Number of housing units
  • Raleigh County: 34,604 ±36
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,700 ±$11,835 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Raleigh County: $150,900 ±$8,969
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±1.9% (4,289  ±593.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Raleigh County: 11.5% † 8,326 (±1.4% / ±1,030.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±3.3% (17,966  ±1,120) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Raleigh County: 85.9% 44,766 (±3.3% / ±1,718.6)
  • 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)
24.1% ±2.6% (4,888  ±583) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh County: 22.5% 11,724 (±1.8% / ±947.6)
  • about the same as 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

2% ±0.7% (575  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Raleigh County: 1.5% 1,104
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.2% (1,296  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Raleigh County: 6.4% † 3,684 (±0.8% / ±473)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,296 Total veterans ±272 1,246 Male ±265 50 Female ±32

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