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Census Tract 6, Kanawha, WV

3,895 Population
0.9 square miles 4,432.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Charleston: 43 ±1.4
  • about the same as the figure in Kanawha County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$35,751 ±$10,449 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Charleston: $49,097 ±$2,711
  • a little less than the amount in Kanawha County: $37,354 ±$977
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$54,784 ±$7,802 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Charleston: $65,812 ±$4,311
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kanawha County: $60,943 ±$1,546
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

22.2% ±10.5% (863  ±422) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Charleston: 15.8% † 7,172 (±1.9% / ±876)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kanawha County: 15.8% 27,300 (±1% / ±1,778)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

20.2 minutes ±6.2 (28,895  ±11,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Charleston: 16.9 309,140 (±1 / ±24,898)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kanawha County: 21.8 1,490,200 (±0.6 / ±57,252)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,663 ±193 Number of households
  • Charleston: 21,116 ±550
  • Kanawha County: 76,459 ±898
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (3,895  ±472) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Charleston: 2.2 45,377 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kanawha County: 2.3 173,421 (±0 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

7.6% ±5.7% (77  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Charleston: 3.5% † 374 (±1.4% / ±150)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kanawha County: 4.6% † 1,747 (±0.9% / ±357)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,060 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Charleston: 25,544 ±619
  • Kanawha County: 90,408 ±201
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$131,100 ±$17,145 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Charleston: $203,300 ±$16,251
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kanawha County: $147,300 ±$4,303
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

11.8% ±6.8% (449  ±261.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Charleston: 11.2% † 5,291 (±1.7% / ±787)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kanawha County: 8.7% 15,202 (±0.8% / ±1,323.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

90.2% ±8.4% (2,457  ±376.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Charleston: 93.2% 32,321 (±3.6% / ±1,410)
  • about the same as the rate in Kanawha County: 91.5% 117,235 (±1.9% / ±2,460.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
28.6% ±5.7% (778  ±181.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Charleston: 45.2% 15,671 (±2.8% / ±1,013.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kanawha County: 29.7% 38,065 (±1.1% / ±1,434.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Charleston: 4.5% † 2,134 (±1% / ±495)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 2% 3,531
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

7.5% ±2.9% (230  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Charleston: 5.5% † 2,084 (±0.8% / ±307)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 6.8% 9,532 (±0.5% / ±744)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
230 Total veterans ±94 225 Male ±93 5 Female ±9

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