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Parkersburg district, Wood County, WV

28,181 Population
16.2 square miles 1,737 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wood County: 43.9 ±0.3
  • 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

$31,641 ±$1,715 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wood County: $34,707 ±$1,013
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,637 ±$3,230 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wood County: $57,810 ±$2,706
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±2.8% (5,534  ±787) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wood County: 14.8% 12,101 (±1.2% / ±1,009)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.8 minutes ±2.2 (231,245  ±32,081) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Wood County: 20.9 674,755 (±1 / ±37,059)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

12,885 ±511 Number of households
  • Wood County: 35,836 ±502
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (27,521  ±992) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 2.3 82,316 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.5% ±2.9% (528  ±183) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wood County: 6.8% † 1,171 (±1.5% / ±263)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,449 ±455 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 40,283 ±75
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,100 ±$12,650 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $158,500 ±$4,640
  • 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

12.7% ±2.3% (3,521  ±655.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wood County: 9.1% † 7,498 (±1.1% / ±897)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±3.6% (18,293  ±1,023.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
23.1% ±2.2% (4,709  ±475.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 24.1% 14,473 (±1.3% / ±785.1)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.6% ±0.5% (436  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wood County: 1% 859
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.2% (1,623  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wood County: 8.3% 5,458 (±0.8% / ±507)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,623 Total veterans ±272 1,509 Male ±257 114 Female ±66

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