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Union district, Ritchie County, WV

2,956 Population
103.7 square miles 28.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 46.1 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,770 ±$4,904 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ritchie County: $27,681 ±$2,328
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,137 ±$8,400 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ritchie County: $50,582 ±$4,402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.2% ±7.7% (757  ±241) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 21.6% † 1,742 (±4.7% / ±378)
  • about 1.5 times 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)

29 minutes ±8.8 (29,470  ±6,199) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ritchie County: 33 † 93,280 (±4.9 / ±16,219)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,189 ±142 Number of households
  • Ritchie County: 3,389 ±170
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (2,920  ±349) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ritchie County: 2.4 8,250 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • 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

5.4% ±4.6% (36  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ritchie County: 6% † 97 (±4% / ±65)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,422 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Ritchie County: 4,176 ±16
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$123,100 ±$20,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ritchie County: $115,900 ±$8,350
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.5% ±2.4% (132  ±70.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than 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 two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.1% ±2.7% (1,795  ±233.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ritchie County: 85.3% 5,194 (±5.7% / ±351.1)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±4.9% (346  ±112) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ritchie County: 14.4% † 879 (±2.9% / ±176.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half 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

2.7% ±2.9% (80  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Ritchie County: 1.5% 120
  • about 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

6.7% ±2.7% (156  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ritchie County: 7% † 466 (±2% / ±132)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
156 Total veterans ±66 156 Male ±66 N/A Female ±13

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