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Census Tract 24, Mercer, WV

2,436 Population
68.2 square miles 35.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±7 Median age
  • more than double the figure in Oakvale: 11.9 † ±23.1
  • 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

$24,316 ±$3,869 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Oakvale: $12,863 † ±$7,772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $30,362 ±$1,912
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$59,306 ±$21,889 Median household income
  • Oakvale: $
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $53,210 ±$3,616
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

16.8% ±7% (409  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oakvale: 10.3% † 26 (±8% / ±29)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 16.5% † 9,414 (±2.1% / ±1,213)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

29.4 minutes ±8.2 (27,530  ±10,622) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakvale: 33.6 † 2,015 (±21.7 / ±2,132)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 24 519,050 (±1.3 / ±35,411)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

953 ±165 Number of households
  • Oakvale: 64 † ±50
  • Mercer County: 24,224 ±574
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.6 ±0.2 (2,436  ±475) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oakvale: 4 † 254 (±0.7 / ±203)
  • 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

1,181 ±166 Number of housing units
  • Oakvale: 89 † ±52
  • Mercer County: 29,345 ±54
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$120,400 ±$24,380 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Oakvale: $
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $121,700 ±$10,048
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

2.5% ±1.8% (61  ±45.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Oakvale: 8.3% † 21 (±6.6% / ±23.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

89.2% ±22.1% (1,452  ±252.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Oakvale: 93.3% † 97 (±37.9% / ±67.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 88.6% 36,825 (±3.5% / ±1,471)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
19.4% ±7.5% (315  ±134.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oakvale: 24% † 25 (±27% / ±31.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 22.9% 9,499 (±1.9% / ±768.6)
  • about 80 percent 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% ±1% (18  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oakvale: 2% † 5 (±2.7% / ±8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 0.6% 370
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

5.8% ±3.2% (100  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • Oakvale: 0%
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 7.4% † 3,416 (±0.9% / ±417)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
100 Total veterans ±58 100 Male ±58 N/A Female ±13

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