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Census Tract 8, Kanawha, WV

1,477 Population
0.4 square miles 3,736.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Charleston: 43 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kanawha County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$19,406 ±$4,584 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Charleston: $49,097 ±$2,711
  • about half the amount in Kanawha County: $37,354 ±$977
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$22,292 ±$5,423 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in Charleston: $65,812 ±$4,311
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kanawha County: $60,943 ±$1,546
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

28.8% ±6.6% (426  ±177) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Charleston: 15.8% † 7,172 (±1.9% / ±876)
  • nearly double the rate in Kanawha County: 15.8% 27,300 (±1% / ±1,778)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

15.4 minutes ±4.4 (10,385  ±5,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Charleston: 16.9 309,140 (±1 / ±24,898)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kanawha County: 21.8 1,490,200 (±0.6 / ±57,252)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

673 ±125 Number of households
  • Charleston: 21,116 ±550
  • Kanawha County: 76,459 ±898
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±0.7 (1,468  ±515) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Charleston: 2.2 45,377 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in Kanawha County: 2.3 173,421 (±0 / ±40)
  • 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

1,049 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Charleston: 25,544 ±619
  • Kanawha County: 90,408 ±201
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$87,000 ±$7,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Charleston: $203,300 ±$16,251
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kanawha County: $147,300 ±$4,303
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

16.1% ±7% (237  ±132.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Charleston: 11.2% † 5,291 (±1.7% / ±787)
  • nearly double the rate in Kanawha County: 8.7% 15,202 (±0.8% / ±1,323.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

87.8% ±37% (918  ±263.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Charleston: 93.2% 32,321 (±3.6% / ±1,410)
  • a little less than 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)
11% ±5.6% (115  ±68.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Charleston: 45.2% 15,671 (±2.8% / ±1,013.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kanawha County: 29.7% 38,065 (±1.1% / ±1,434.1)
  • about half 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

7.9% ±11% (116  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Charleston: 4.5% † 2,134 (±1% / ±495)
  • more than double the rate in Kanawha County: 2% 3,531
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

3.3% ±3.4% (35  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Charleston: 5.5% † 2,084 (±0.8% / ±307)
  • about half the rate in Kanawha County: 6.8% 9,532 (±0.5% / ±744)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
35 Total veterans ±38 19 Male ±26 16 Female ±28

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