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Census Tract 9538, McDowell, WV

1,871 Population
59.4 square miles 31.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±15.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Welch: 40.6 ±2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 43.7 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$17,819 ±$5,880 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Welch: $10,499 † ±$2,015
  • a little higher than the amount in McDowell County: $17,253 † ±$1,792
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$27,450 ±$3,145 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Welch: $32,969 † ±$11,733
  • about 90 percent of the amount in McDowell County: $31,559 ±$2,515
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

28.2% ±10.8% (525  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Welch: 28.2% † 411 (±11.5% / ±168)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 34.2% † 5,399 (±6.2% / ±983)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

28.2 minutes ±7.7 (12,195  ±6,831) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Welch: 15.3 † 6,120 (±7.2 / ±3,455)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in McDowell County: 36 † 127,200 (±5.6 / ±25,383)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

750 ±194 Number of households
  • Welch: 681 † ±133
  • McDowell County: 6,467 ±288
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.3 (1,824  ±520) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Welch: 2.1 † 1,458 (±0.4 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in McDowell County: 2.4 15,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

10% ±15.3% (32  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Welch: 0%
  • more than double the rate in McDowell County: 4.4% † 141 (±3.1% / ±99)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,091 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Welch: 969 † ±135
  • McDowell County: 9,336 ±21
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$59,300 ±$11,811 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Welch: $57,300 † ±$20,634
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McDowell County: $50,000 ±$4,822
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

0.7% ±1.4% (12  ±24.1) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Welch: 22.6% † 794 (±4.9% / ±171.7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in McDowell County: 6.7% † 1,187 (±1.4% / ±242.2)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

77.1% ±10% (917  ±239.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Welch: 72% † 2,175 (±7.9% / ±260.8)
  • about the same as the rate in McDowell County: 75.5% 10,152 (±4.8% / ±658.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
8.2% ±6.6% (98  ±81.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Welch: 5% † 152 (±2.1% / ±62.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in McDowell County: 6.8% † 911 (±2.1% / ±286.2)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.2% ±1.6% (29  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Welch: 3.4% † 108 (±2% / ±64)
  • about half the rate in McDowell County: 4.7% † 694 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
29 Total veterans ±22 29 Male ±22 N/A Female ±13

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