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Census Tract 9724.02, Jefferson, WV

4,254 Population
15 square miles 283.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ranson: 39.3 ±2.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 41 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$37,157 ±$4,515 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ranson: $40,630 † ±$5,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $46,514 ±$1,436
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$86,053 ±$12,542 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ranson: $89,523 † ±$10,950
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $98,806 ±$4,916
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

16% ±6.2% (671  ±270) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ranson: 12.1% † 684 (±4.9% / ±278)
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 8.7% † 5,024 (±1.4% / ±792)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

36.5 minutes ±5.3 (69,940  ±14,476) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ranson: 30.7 90,635 (±2.1 / ±11,316)
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 37.1 907,645 (±1.4 / ±44,978)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,638 ±159 Number of households
  • Ranson: 2,351 ±195
  • Jefferson County: 22,804 ±266
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.6 ±0.1 (4,254  ±463) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ranson: 2.4 5,729 (±0.2 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 58,040 (±0 / ±37)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.2% ±3.2% (32  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ranson: 5.4% † 82 (±4.3% / ±66)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 5% † 659 (±1.4% / ±179)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,781 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Ranson: 2,469 ±196
  • Jefferson County: 24,774 ±43
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$286,400 ±$12,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ranson: $242,700 ±$19,670
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $350,800 ±$11,238
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

12.5% ±5.5% (529  ±242.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ranson: 12.6% † 717 (±4.7% / ±265.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 10.9% † 6,400 (±1.5% / ±897.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

84.4% ±6.2% (2,364  ±303.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ranson: 87.2% 3,351 (±8.6% / ±380.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Jefferson County: 90.1% 37,468 (±2.9% / ±1,197.5)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
21.3% ±5% (598  ±153) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ranson: 18.9% † 726 (±4.5% / ±176.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 33.9% 14,090 (±1.8% / ±741.7)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3.5% ±2% (148  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Ranson: 9.8% † 562 (±3.9% / ±222)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.1% 3,011
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

9.8% ±3% (308  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ranson: 7.7% † 347 (±2.7% / ±123)
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 9.7% 4,532 (±0.8% / ±391)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
308 Total veterans ±100 308 Male ±100 N/A Female ±13

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