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Census Tract 18, Mercer, WV

4,873 Population
15.9 square miles 306.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.4 ±5.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Montcalm: 50.8 † ±14.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,203 ±$3,842 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Montcalm: $19,777 † ±$6,890
  • 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
$61,786 ±$18,721 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Montcalm: $63,024 † ±$54,615
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $53,210 ±$3,616
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

15.1% ±6.6% (722  ±331) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Montcalm: 16.5% † 80 (±23.2% / ±130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

26.6 minutes ±6.5 (49,230  ±15,701) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montcalm: 29.7 † 6,590 (±32.7 / ±4,758)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

2,040 ±252 Number of households
  • Montcalm: 147 † ±105
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (4,756  ±628) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Montcalm: 3.3 † 484 (±1.3 / ±395)
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

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

Housing

2,429 ±254 Number of housing units
  • Montcalm: 245 † ±133
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$53,400 ±$18,524 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Montcalm: $
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about one-third of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

3% ±3.7% (148  ±180.4) Moved since previous year
  • Montcalm: 0%
  • about one-third 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

86.8% ±9.3% (3,007  ±491.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montcalm: 71.6% † 250 (±67.6% / ±157.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.5% ±5.4% (848  ±214.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montcalm: 19.2% † 67 (±20.8% / ±86.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about the same as 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

8.7% ±2.6% (339  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montcalm: 5.4% † 19 (±6.7% / ±27)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
339 Total veterans ±111 339 Male ±111 N/A Female ±13

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