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Census Tract 12, Mercer, WV

3,322 Population
5.2 square miles 642 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Princeton: 44.2 ±2.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$42,855 ±$22,591 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Princeton: $28,035 † ±$3,172
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$54,207 ±$8,075 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Princeton: $43,900 † ±$7,620
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $53,210 ±$3,616
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

13.5% ±5.7% (437  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Princeton: 16.9% † 969 (±6.7% / ±383)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

25 minutes ±6.4 (32,110  ±11,237) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Princeton: 17.4 † 39,465 (±3 / ±8,917)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,599 ±232 Number of households
  • Princeton: 2,826 ±219
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.2 (3,322  ±565) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Princeton: 2 5,719 (±0.2 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

4.4% ±6.4% (17  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Princeton: 1% † 14 (±1.5% / ±21)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% † 427 (±1.8% / ±223)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,956 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Princeton: 3,400 ±267
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$177,200 ±$73,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Princeton: $120,300 † ±$15,295
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

9.3% ±6% (308  ±205.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Princeton: 16% † 917 (±5.5% / ±314.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 9.8% † 5,674 (±1.9% / ±1,075.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

90.5% ±23% (2,409  ±423.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Princeton: 92.3% 4,080 (±9% / ±433.6)
  • 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)
18% ±3.9% (478  ±136) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Princeton: 21% † 930 (±4.4% / ±198.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.4% ±0.8% (14  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Princeton: 0.2% † 10 (±0.2% / ±14)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

15% ±6.7% (414  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Princeton: 7.6% † 358 (±2.3% / ±109)
  • about double the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
414 Total veterans ±199 414 Male ±199 N/A Female ±13

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