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Tygart district, Wood County, WV

12,756 Population
31.8 square miles 401.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.8 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 ±0.1

Economics

$28,183 ±$3,180 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $33,324 ±$1,282
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$45,104 ±$7,967 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

18.5% ±4.2% (2,347  ±568) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wood County: 14.8% 12,208 (±1.4% / ±1,145)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

18.1 minutes ±2.2 (88,685  ±15,887) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wood County: 20.1 646,725 (±0.8 / ±31,642)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

5,659 ±483 Number of households
  • Wood County: 35,706 ±574
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.3 (12,673  ±996) 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

8.2% ±4% (228  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wood County: 7.3% † 1,257 (±1.4% / ±244)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

6,404 ±457 Number of housing units
  • Wood County: 40,296 ±44
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$111,300 ±$10,537 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wood County: $153,700 ±$5,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

10.1% ±2.8% (1,268  ±369.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Wood County: 9.5% † 7,837 (±1.1% / ±870.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

85.5% ±4.4% (7,839  ±760.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 90.5% 54,406 (±2.7% / ±1,636)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
15.1% ±3% (1,383  ±298.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wood County: 23% 13,791 (±1.4% / ±842.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.8% ±0.5% (97  ±68) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wood County: 1% 860
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

11.3% ±3.3% (1,154  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wood County: 9.1% 5,973 (±0.8% / ±554)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
1,154 Total veterans ±347 985 Male ±292 169 Female ±175

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