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Clay district, Wood County, WV

6,311 Population
36.3 square miles 173.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,928 ±$3,017 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $34,707 ±$1,013
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,406 ±$11,679 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wood County: $57,810 ±$2,706
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.5% ±5.2% (871  ±333) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wood County: 14.8% 12,101 (±1.2% / ±1,009)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.9 minutes ±0.9 (41,365  ±7,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 20.9 674,755 (±1 / ±37,059)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,235 ±208 Number of households
  • Wood County: 35,836 ±502
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (6,201  ±915) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wood County: 2.3 82,316 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±6.8% (89  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wood County: 6.8% † 1,171 (±1.5% / ±263)
  • 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

2,583 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 40,283 ±75
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$159,400 ±$12,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wood County: $158,500 ±$4,640
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±2.9% (402  ±191) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wood County: 9.1% † 7,498 (±1.1% / ±897)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±5% (3,735  ±441.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 91.2% 54,744 (±2.7% / ±1,611.8)
  • 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)
19.5% ±5.1% (822  ±229.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wood County: 24.1% 14,473 (±1.3% / ±785.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half 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% ±0.5% (19  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wood County: 1% 859
  • 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

11.7% ±3.5% (551  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wood County: 8.3% 5,458 (±0.8% / ±507)
  • about 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)
551 Total veterans ±177 520 Male ±162 31 Female ±37

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