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Union district, Wayne County, WV

8,632 Population
87.3 square miles 98.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±6.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 44.8 ±0.3
  • 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

$31,279 ±$3,789 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $32,910 ±$2,567
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,603 ±$20,099 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $58,878 † ±$6,222
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.8% ±5.5% (1,183  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 14.6% † 5,537 (±2.5% / ±936)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±2.6 (82,150  ±16,689) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 25.3 359,560 (±1.5 / ±27,885)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,381 ±361 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 15,762 ±423
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (8,537  ±1,028) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 37,967 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little 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

4.8% ±3.7% (65  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 5.9% † 466 (±2.2% / ±173)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,870 ±415 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 18,263 ±31
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$137,100 ±$56,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $127,100 † ±$12,784
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±3.7% (642  ±327.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6.7% † 2,543 (±1.6% / ±589)
  • 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

88.7% ±14.2% (5,769  ±649.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 87.5% 24,095 (±4.1% / ±1,124.9)
  • 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)
14.8% ±4.1% (960  ±286.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 19.2% † 5,282 (±2.2% / ±599.8)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±0.1% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 0.6% 237
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.2% (567  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 8% † 2,434 (±1.1% / ±326)
  • 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)
567 Total veterans ±227 548 Male ±227 19 Female ±23

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