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District 2, Wetzel County, WV

4,336 Population
127.7 square miles 34 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wetzel County: 45.3 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,441 ±$3,755 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wetzel County: $31,337 ±$1,905
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,887 ±$12,195 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wetzel County: $56,836 ±$5,601
  • 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

9.8% ±4.6% (423  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wetzel County: 16% † 2,218 (±3.9% / ±542)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.1 minutes ±4.5 (51,450  ±11,226) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wetzel County: 29.4 143,805 (±2.4 / ±15,709)
  • 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

1,792 ±213 Number of households
  • Wetzel County: 6,113 ±211
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (4,336  ±479) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wetzel County: 2.3 13,929 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±4.2% (44  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wetzel County: 9.2% † 250 (±3.3% / ±89)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,284 ±224 Number of housing units
  • Wetzel County: 7,297 ±26
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$129,300 ±$21,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wetzel County: $107,900 ±$10,672
  • 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

4.4% ±2.3% (187  ±100.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wetzel County: 7.4% † 1,021 (±2.1% / ±297.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±14.7% (2,826  ±310.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wetzel County: 91.1% 9,193 (±5.2% / ±534)
  • 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)
15.9% ±4.7% (483  ±153.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wetzel County: 17.1% † 1,725 (±2.6% / ±266.2)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.7% (13  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wetzel County: 0.4% 51
  • less than a fifth 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

12% ±3.8% (389  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wetzel County: 8.6% † 951 (±1.7% / ±185)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
389 Total veterans ±129 313 Male ±110 76 Female ±62

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