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Bluestone River district, Summers County, WV

4,540 Population
125.9 square miles 36.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Summers County: 50.6 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,380 ±$2,864 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Summers County: $25,658 ±$2,254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$43,670 ±$13,674 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Summers County: $40,699 † ±$6,548
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23% ±6.4% (1,042  ±308) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Summers County: 23.8% † 2,590 (±3.7% / ±407)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.4 minutes ±7.9 (43,440  ±12,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Summers County: 35.1 † 114,200 (±3.6 / ±16,830)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,656 ±212 Number of households
  • Summers County: 4,680 ±259
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.5 (4,532  ±465) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Summers County: 2.3 10,848 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1% ±1.5% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Summers County: 2.9% † 74 (±1.9% / ±48)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,099 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Summers County: 6,541 ±14
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,000 ±$25,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Summers County: $140,100 † ±$16,599
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±4.1% (336  ±190.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Summers County: 11.5% † 1,344 (±3.8% / ±437.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±8.2% (2,785  ±408.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Summers County: 83.2% 7,673 (±7.1% / ±655.1)
  • 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)
15.6% ±5.2% (503  ±176.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Summers County: 18.8% † 1,731 (±4.4% / ±408)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.5% ±0.6% (21  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Summers County: 1% 114
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±3.2% (325  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Summers County: 9.3% † 918 (±2.1% / ±212)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
325 Total veterans ±119 291 Male ±103 34 Female ±47

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