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Murphy district, Ritchie County, WV

964 Population
118.4 square miles 8.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.1 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ritchie County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,984 ±$5,143 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ritchie County: $27,681 ±$2,328
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,737 ±$16,749 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ritchie County: $50,582 ±$4,402
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

34.5% ±15.8% (333  ±179) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ritchie County: 21.6% † 1,742 (±4.7% / ±378)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

58.8 minutes ±43.9 (15,110  ±13,259) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Ritchie County: 33 † 93,280 (±4.9 / ±16,219)
  • more than double the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • more than double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

466 ±115 Number of households
  • Ritchie County: 3,389 ±170
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (964  ±273) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 2.4 8,250 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

663 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Ritchie County: 4,176 ±16
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

4.4% ±4% (42  ±40.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ritchie County: 4.3% † 352 (±1.4% / ±117.5)
  • about two-fifths 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

80.8% ±10.4% (642  ±178.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ritchie County: 85.3% 5,194 (±5.7% / ±351.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15% ±9.6% (119  ±81.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 14.4% † 879 (±2.9% / ±176.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-fifths 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

3.1% ±4.6% (30  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ritchie County: 1.5% 120
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±5% (40  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ritchie County: 7% † 466 (±2% / ±132)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±41 40 Male ±41 N/A Female ±13

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