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Census Tract 15, Mercer, WV

6,405 Population
11.9 square miles 538.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Princeton: 44.2 ±2.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$29,174 ±$5,133 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Princeton: $28,035 † ±$3,172
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$46,463 ±$12,321 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Princeton: $43,900 † ±$7,620
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $53,210 ±$3,616
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

19.4% ±10.9% (1,237  ±713) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Princeton: 16.9% † 969 (±6.7% / ±383)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

18 minutes ±6.5 (38,395  ±9,874) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Princeton: 17.4 † 39,465 (±3 / ±8,917)
  • about three-quarters 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

2,395 ±226 Number of households
  • Princeton: 2,826 ±219
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.7 ±0.3 (6,378  ±897) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Princeton: 2 5,719 (±0.2 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,577 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Princeton: 3,400 ±267
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$170,100 ±$13,531 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Princeton: $120,300 † ±$15,295
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

8.1% ±5.3% (518  ±348.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Princeton: 16% † 917 (±5.5% / ±314.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 9.8% † 5,674 (±1.9% / ±1,075.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

91.8% ±6.1% (4,059  ±624.8) 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)
26.8% ±5.5% (1,185  ±292.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Princeton: 21% † 930 (±4.4% / ±198.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about 10 percent higher 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

0.6% ±0.8% (39  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Princeton: 0.2% † 10 (±0.2% / ±14)
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

8.3% ±3.6% (405  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Princeton: 7.6% † 358 (±2.3% / ±109)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
405 Total veterans ±182 373 Male ±165 32 Female ±49

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