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Westmoreland district, Wayne County, WV

7,811 Population
16 square miles 487.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 44.8 ±0.3
  • a little 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

$39,453 ±$4,520 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $32,910 ±$2,567
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,183 ±$6,554 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $58,878 † ±$6,222
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±2.7% (883  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 14.6% † 5,537 (±2.5% / ±936)
  • 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)

22.7 minutes ±2 (81,650  ±13,862) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 25.3 359,560 (±1.5 / ±27,885)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,498 ±285 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 15,762 ±423
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (7,807  ±713) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 37,967 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3.5% (63  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 5.9% † 466 (±2.2% / ±173)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,834 ±297 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 18,263 ±31
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$118,600 ±$13,563 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $127,100 † ±$12,784
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±2.5% (566  ±197.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 6.7% † 2,543 (±1.6% / ±589)
  • about two-thirds 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

92.1% ±4.7% (5,236  ±547.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 87.5% 24,095 (±4.1% / ±1,124.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.4% ±4.4% (1,786  ±300.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 19.2% † 5,282 (±2.2% / ±599.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

2% ±0.9% (156  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 0.6% 237
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±2.8% (547  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 8% † 2,434 (±1.1% / ±326)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
547 Total veterans ±182 506 Male ±179 41 Female ±35

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