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Census Tract 14, Mercer, WV

2,465 Population
0.9 square miles 2,725.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Princeton: 44.2 ±2.4
  • 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

$31,691 ±$4,485 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Princeton: $28,035 † ±$3,172
  • a little higher than the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$52,931 ±$8,416 Median household income
  • about 20 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

9.6% ±4.4% (237  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Princeton: 16.9% † 969 (±6.7% / ±383)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

19 minutes ±2.2 (18,625  ±5,193) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Princeton: 17.4 † 39,465 (±3 / ±8,917)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,092 ±156 Number of households
  • Princeton: 2,826 ±219
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±0.4 (2,451  ±283) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Princeton: 2 5,719 (±0.2 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

2.3% ±3.3% (14  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Princeton: 1% † 14 (±1.5% / ±21)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% † 427 (±1.8% / ±223)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,247 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Princeton: 3,400 ±267
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$141,900 ±$11,879 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Princeton: $120,300 † ±$15,295
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

20% ±9% (490  ±227.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Princeton: 16% † 917 (±5.5% / ±314.9)
  • about double the rate in Mercer County: 9.8% † 5,674 (±1.9% / ±1,075.1)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

93.5% ±6.7% (1,765  ±260.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Princeton: 92.3% 4,080 (±9% / ±433.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
23.2% ±4.8% (438  ±107.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Princeton: 21% † 930 (±4.4% / ±198.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • a little less than 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% ±0.5% (9  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Princeton: 0.2% † 10 (±0.2% / ±14)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

13.1% ±4.5% (261  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Princeton: 7.6% † 358 (±2.3% / ±109)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
261 Total veterans ±95 217 Male ±84 44 Female ±37

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