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Census Tract 9, Mercer, WV

2,911 Population
119.8 square miles 24.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±10.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Matoaka: 43.4 † ±4.9
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$39,709 ±$12,290 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Matoaka: $6,677 † ±$2,139
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$96,125 ±$25,567 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Matoaka: $16,786 ±$1,664
  • nearly double the amount in Mercer County: $53,210 ±$3,616
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

6.6% ±5% (189  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Matoaka: 93.3% † 28 (±39.5% / ±33)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

34 minutes ±2.3 (35,035  ±9,194) Mean travel time to work
  • Matoaka:
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,015 ±160 Number of households
  • Matoaka: 10 † ±10
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.9 ±0.4 (2,901  ±621) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Matoaka: 3 † 30 (±1.4 / ±33)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

2.8% ±5.2% (14  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Matoaka: 0%
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% † 427 (±1.8% / ±223)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,583 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Matoaka: 46 † ±25
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$230,000 ±$40,974 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Matoaka: $
  • nearly double the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

2.6% ±3.6% (73  ±103.1) Moved since previous year
  • Matoaka: 0%
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Mercer County: 9.8% † 5,674 (±1.9% / ±1,075.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

90.2% ±5% (1,889  ±387) High school grad or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Matoaka: 63.6% † 14 (±221.5% / ±51.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
31.8% ±11.4% (667  ±273.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Matoaka: 0%
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about 1.3 times 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

11.4% ±3.9% (246  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • Matoaka: 0%
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
246 Total veterans ±96 246 Male ±96 N/A Female ±13

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