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Parkersburg district, Wood County, WV

28,390 Population
16.2 square miles 1,749.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Wood County: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,858 ±$1,944 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wood County: $33,324 ±$1,282
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$46,898 ±$2,665 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $56,193 ±$2,976
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

20.3% ±2.6% (5,627  ±752) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wood County: 14.8% 12,208 (±1.4% / ±1,145)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

20.1 minutes ±2.4 (217,405  ±32,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Wood County: 20.1 646,725 (±0.8 / ±31,642)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

12,674 ±572 Number of households
  • Wood County: 35,706 ±574
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.1 (27,760  ±1,069) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wood County: 2.3 82,732 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

7.1% ±2.1% (456  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 7.3% † 1,257 (±1.4% / ±244)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

14,532 ±556 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 40,296 ±44
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$119,500 ±$6,997 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $153,700 ±$5,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

14% ±2.3% (3,907  ±664.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wood County: 9.5% † 7,837 (±1.1% / ±870.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

88% ±3.2% (17,738  ±1,037.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 90.5% 54,406 (±2.7% / ±1,636)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
21.1% ±2.2% (4,247  ±490.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wood County: 23% 13,791 (±1.4% / ±842.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.6% ±0.5% (440  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wood County: 1% 860
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

8.3% ±1.2% (1,870  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wood County: 9.1% 5,973 (±0.8% / ±554)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
1,870 Total veterans ±284 1,748 Male ±273 122 Female ±79

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