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Union district, Ritchie County, WV

2,710 Population
103.7 square miles 26.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 47.2 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$25,644 ±$4,130 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ritchie County: $26,336 ±$2,451
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$46,113 ±$5,328 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ritchie County: $50,256 † ±$5,151
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

27.1% ±6.8% (718  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 21.7% † 1,785 (±3.6% / ±296)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

29.1 minutes ±10.3 (23,760  ±5,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 31.8 † 85,530 (±4.2 / ±13,944)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

1,131 ±139 Number of households
  • Ritchie County: 3,327 ±160
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.1 (2,670  ±355) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Ritchie County: 2.5 8,332 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.6% ±4.9% (30  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 4.6% † 73 (±2.5% / ±40)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

1,394 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Ritchie County: 4,187 ±29
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$118,700 ±$9,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ritchie County: $107,800 ±$8,148
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

4.1% ±2.1% (111  ±57.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ritchie County: 7% † 576 (±2.9% / ±238.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

82.4% ±15.5% (1,646  ±213.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ritchie County: 84.4% 5,227 (±5.8% / ±362.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
15.5% ±5% (310  ±107.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 12.8% † 796 (±2.9% / ±177.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

2% ±2.1% (55  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ritchie County: 1.1% 92
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

8.3% ±2.8% (177  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Ritchie County: 8.4% † 564 (±1.8% / ±124)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
177 Total veterans ±64 177 Male ±64 N/A Female ±13

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