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Southwest district, Wirt County, WV

2,167 Population
133.1 square miles 16.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wirt County: 46.3 ±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

$27,895 ±$3,814 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wirt County: $26,269 ±$1,958
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,792 ±$13,150 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wirt County: $49,867 † ±$5,186
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±8.7% (391  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wirt County: 16.8% † 843 (±5.1% / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.7 minutes ±11.7 (22,460  ±4,974) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wirt County: 32.3 51,990 (±0.2 / ±6,346)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

851 ±129 Number of households
  • Wirt County: 2,041 ±126
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (2,167  ±300) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wirt County: 2.5 5,053 (±0.2 / ±18)
  • 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

7.3% ±9.5% (38  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wirt County: 6.3% † 63 (±6.7% / ±67)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,061 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Wirt County: 2,725 ±15
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$155,400 ±$26,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wirt County: $115,800 † ±$15,119
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±4% (113  ±87.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wirt County: 6.7% † 334 (±2.8% / ±139.5)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.6% ±2.7% (1,530  ±234.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wirt County: 89.9% 3,233 (±8% / ±303.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±6.5% (322  ±112.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wirt County: 15.5% † 556 (±4.3% / ±156.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about three-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

0.5% ±0.9% (11  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Wirt County: 0.2% 11
  • about one-quarter 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% ±6.4% (216  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wirt County: 9.5% † 377 (±3.1% / ±123)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
216 Total veterans ±116 180 Male ±91 36 Female ±42

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