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Census Tract 9636, Jackson, WV

4,430 Population
28.9 square miles 153.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±8.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ripley: 44 † ±10.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 43.4 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$30,107 ±$4,675 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ripley: $30,309 † ±$7,006
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $34,967 ±$3,041
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$44,901 ±$11,633 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ripley: $41,518 † ±$14,399
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $58,845 † ±$8,665
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

23.2% ±9.4% (1,002  ±413) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ripley: 27.1% † 804 (±13% / ±384)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 18.5% † 5,073 (±3% / ±837)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

23 minutes ±4.2 (39,960  ±11,301) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ripley: 22.7 † 28,340 (±6.1 / ±10,593)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 28.6 266,110 (±1.7 / ±26,235)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

2,062 ±264 Number of households
  • Ripley: 1,485 † ±216
  • Jackson County: 11,515 ±295
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.3 (4,325  ±356) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ripley: 2 † 2,966 (±0.3 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.4 27,539 (±0.1 / ±3)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,404 ±278 Number of housing units
  • Ripley: 1,644 † ±221
  • Jackson County: 12,867 ±37
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$145,400 ±$22,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ripley: $121,800 † ±$23,343
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $157,200 ±$7,880
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

4.6% ±3.5% (201  ±156) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ripley: 6.6% † 201 (±5.1% / ±156)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jackson County: 7.2% † 1,957 (±1.9% / ±528.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

89.8% ±10.6% (3,042  ±479.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ripley: 86.3% † 2,056 (±14.3% / ±404.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 89.6% 17,724 (±5% / ±1,003.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.1% ±7.4% (817  ±265.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ripley: 23.4% † 558 (±9.5% / ±232.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 19.6% † 3,877 (±2.5% / ±489)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

2.4% ±2.3% (106  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ripley: 1.4% † 42 (±1.3% / ±40)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 2.1% 574
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

10.4% ±4.3% (372  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ripley: 8.9% † 225 (±5.2% / ±132)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 8.8% † 1,911 (±1.2% / ±259)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
372 Total veterans ±158 355 Male ±160 17 Female ±29

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