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Western district, Taylor County, WV

6,380 Population
61.7 square miles 103.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Taylor County: 43.7 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,756 ±$5,132 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Taylor County: $32,176 ±$2,191
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,143 ±$3,076 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Taylor County: $57,795 ±$5,427
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.1% ±4% (697  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 13.9% † 2,216 (±2.8% / ±445)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±4.7 (75,430  ±17,703) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Taylor County: 27.6 166,555 (±2.4 / ±19,819)
  • 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

2,490 ±318 Number of households
  • Taylor County: 6,604 ±225
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (6,380  ±695) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Taylor County: 2.4 16,104 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±3.8% (59  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Taylor County: 5.9% † 200 (±3.1% / ±104)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,661 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Taylor County: 7,433 ±26
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,300 ±$87,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Taylor County: $148,800 † ±$17,281
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±3% (369  ±194.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Taylor County: 6.9% † 1,128 (±2% / ±326.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±6.8% (3,822  ±509.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Taylor County: 87.9% 10,594 (±6.4% / ±770.5)
  • 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)
25.5% ±6.3% (1,095  ±293.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Taylor County: 20.5% † 2,469 (±3.3% / ±396.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.6% ±0.6% (36  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Taylor County: 0.4% 62
  • about one-third 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

8% ±3.2% (373  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Taylor County: 7.2% † 942 (±1.8% / ±240)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
373 Total veterans ±155 337 Male ±140 36 Female ±47

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