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Census Tract 131, Kanawha, WV

3,741 Population
4.2 square miles 885.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±8.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Charleston: 41.7 ±1.9
  • a little less than the figure in Kanawha County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$34,792 ±$6,931 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Charleston: $37,767 ±$2,865
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kanawha County: $37,354 ±$977
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$62,629 ±$14,764 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in South Charleston: $63,884 † ±$7,529
  • a little higher than the amount in Kanawha County: $60,943 ±$1,546
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

26.7% ±13.7% (963  ±516) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Charleston: 16.9% † 2,265 (±5.1% / ±677)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kanawha County: 15.8% 27,300 (±1% / ±1,778)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

15.2 minutes ±1.4 (22,185  ±5,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Charleston: 19.3 † 111,770 (±2 / ±14,715)
  • 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

1,701 ±221 Number of households
  • South Charleston: 6,189 ±339
  • Kanawha County: 76,459 ±898
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.2 (3,613  ±540) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Charleston: 2.2 13,447 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of 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

5.5% ±4.7% (36  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Charleston: 5.2% † 156 (±3.4% / ±104)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 4.6% † 1,747 (±0.9% / ±357)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,909 ±215 Number of housing units
  • South Charleston: 6,970 ±382
  • Kanawha County: 90,408 ±201
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$134,000 ±$23,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Charleston: $155,400 ±$12,114
  • 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

7.9% ±3.6% (292  ±138.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Charleston: 10.4% † 1,385 (±3.3% / ±441.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 8.7% 15,202 (±0.8% / ±1,323.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

97.2% ±12.4% (2,628  ±447.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Charleston: 95.9% 9,292 (±6.6% / ±748.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kanawha County: 91.5% 117,235 (±1.9% / ±2,460.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.1% ±6.3% (651  ±185.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Charleston: 37.8% † 3,661 (±4.1% / ±427.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 29.7% 38,065 (±1.1% / ±1,434.1)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.4% (11  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Charleston: 1.4% † 184 (±0.7% / ±97)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kanawha County: 2% 3,531
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

5.5% ±1.9% (167  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Charleston: 4.9% † 524 (±1.2% / ±130)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kanawha County: 6.8% 9,532 (±0.5% / ±744)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
167 Total veterans ±62 158 Male ±62 9 Female ±15

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