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Third district, Upshur County, WV

7,434 Population
141.6 square miles 52.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Upshur County: 42 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,231 ±$6,326 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Upshur County: $30,616 ±$2,351
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$53,450 ±$5,454 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Upshur County: $51,859 ±$2,859
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.1% ±4.7% (1,197  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Upshur County: 18.3% † 4,093 (±2.7% / ±610)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

28.6 minutes ±2.3 (73,225  ±14,211) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Upshur County: 26.9 215,535 (±1.9 / ±22,578)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

3,068 ±290 Number of households
  • Upshur County: 9,588 ±294
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.4 ±0.1 (7,432  ±761) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Upshur County: 2.3 22,389 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

6.3% ±4.1% (94  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Upshur County: 3.5% † 181 (±1.6% / ±84)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

3,738 ±289 Number of housing units
  • Upshur County: 11,237 ±77
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$156,800 ±$21,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Upshur County: $160,700 ±$9,388
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

6.8% ±4.5% (505  ±337.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Upshur County: 9.4% † 2,205 (±2.2% / ±522.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

86.6% ±2.8% (4,470  ±446.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 88.4% 14,478 (±4.9% / ±817.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
18.9% ±3.7% (973  ±210.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 17.4% † 2,854 (±2.5% / ±412.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.2% ±0.2% (16  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Upshur County: 0.8% 178
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

6.6% ±1.9% (378  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Upshur County: 7.7% † 1,448 (±1.3% / ±249)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
378 Total veterans ±116 370 Male ±115 8 Female ±14

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