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Census Tract 21, Mercer, WV

2,842 Population
1.4 square miles 2,010.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bluefield: 45 ±3.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,830 ±$4,565 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bluefield: $30,230 † ±$4,248
  • 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
$52,237 ±$16,058 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bluefield: $49,375 † ±$12,534
  • 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

24.2% ±9% (685  ±267) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Bluefield: 18.5% † 1,706 (±4.5% / ±414)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

20.5 minutes ±4.4 (23,580  ±7,090) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bluefield: 23.8 † 83,490 (±3.2 / ±14,630)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,138 ±145 Number of households
  • Bluefield: 4,027 ±265
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.5 ±0.4 (2,831  ±331) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bluefield: 2.3 9,141 (±0.2 / ±22)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 2.4 57,199 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

6.6% ±6.1% (45  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bluefield: 4.2% † 102 (±3.4% / ±85)
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 3.4% † 427 (±1.8% / ±223)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,291 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Bluefield: 4,941 ±289
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$107,100 ±$9,709 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bluefield: $105,400 ±$9,982
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

8.7% ±4.8% (244  ±137.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Bluefield: 11.2% † 1,043 (±4.1% / ±382.9)
  • about 90 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

96.5% ±9.2% (1,744  ±277.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bluefield: 90.2% 5,974 (±8.2% / ±602.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
28% ±7.9% (507  ±157.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bluefield: 30.8% † 2,044 (±5.5% / ±377.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about 20 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

2.2% ±1.7% (61  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bluefield: 1.4% † 131 (±1.1% / ±104)
  • more than double the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

4.3% ±2.7% (92  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bluefield: 3.5% † 259 (±1.2% / ±92)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
92 Total veterans ±60 83 Male ±58 9 Female ±14

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