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Census Tract 17, Mercer, WV

5,152 Population
20.3 square miles 253.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bluewell: 67.5 ±6.3
  • about 25 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

$27,736 ±$4,974 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Bluewell: $24,915 † ±$5,850
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$47,361 ±$10,734 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Bluewell: $35,168 † ±$4,792
  • 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

15.8% ±6.6% (801  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bluewell: 18.3% † 364 (±7.6% / ±181)
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

23.9 minutes ±4.6 (31,770  ±10,237) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bluewell: 25.6 † 13,110 (±11.8 / ±8,517)
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

2,335 ±355 Number of households
  • Bluewell: 1,097 † ±284
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.2 ±0.1 (5,152  ±836) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Bluewell: 1.8 1,992 (±0.2 / ±549)
  • a little less than 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

2.1% ±3.2% (17  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Bluewell: 0%
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% † 427 (±1.8% / ±223)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,885 ±306 Number of housing units
  • Bluewell: 1,350 † ±294
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$115,600 ±$45,896 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bluewell: $125,500 † ±$74,782
  • a little less than the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

14.3% ±11.9% (729  ±616.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Bluewell: 7% † 140 (±6.5% / ±134.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 9.8% † 5,674 (±1.9% / ±1,075.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

81.4% ±3.7% (3,107  ±473.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bluewell: 73.3% 1,219 (±4.7% / ±309.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
14.1% ±5.3% (538  ±215.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bluewell: 15.9% † 264 (±7.8% / ±145.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.8% (35  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • Bluewell: 0%
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.9% ±3.3% (292  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bluewell: 4.2% † 76 (±3.2% / ±61)
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
292 Total veterans ±145 292 Male ±145 N/A Female ±18

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