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Census Tract 9602.01, Pocahontas, WV

1,722 Population
190.4 square miles 9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marlinton: 42.5 † ±13.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Pocahontas County: 49.5 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$22,065 ±$4,523 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Marlinton: $22,245 † ±$7,686
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pocahontas County: $24,646 ±$2,388
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$33,430 ±$2,473 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marlinton: $37,273 † ±$7,255
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pocahontas County: $42,119 ±$3,188
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

35.9% ±8.8% (612  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Marlinton: 34.9% † 389 (±10.6% / ±142)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pocahontas County: 22.6% † 1,674 (±4.3% / ±317)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

17.7 minutes ±3.3 (8,370  ±2,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Marlinton: 18.1 † 7,255 (±4.9 / ±2,975)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pocahontas County: 22.8 51,280 (±1.7 / ±6,459)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

838 ±132 Number of households
  • Marlinton: 500 † ±96
  • Pocahontas County: 3,181 ±169
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.4 (1,718  ±225) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marlinton: 2.3 1,128 (±0.2 / ±230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.3 7,443 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.8% ±4.3% (13  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Marlinton: 0%
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pocahontas County: 5.3% † 69 (±2.9% / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,333 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Marlinton: 653 † ±118
  • Pocahontas County: 6,834 ±33
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$146,400 ±$44,406 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Marlinton: $93,900 † ±$17,994
  • a little less than the amount in Pocahontas County: $152,400 ±$13,591
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

13% ±7.5% (223  ±131.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marlinton: 20.1% † 241 (±9.3% / ±121.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pocahontas County: 8.8% † 678 (±2.5% / ±188.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

79.5% ±3.6% (1,067  ±171.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marlinton: 86.4% † 698 (±22.2% / ±114)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pocahontas County: 85.7% 5,053 (±6.1% / ±364.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
19.2% ±6.3% (258  ±93.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marlinton: 21% † 170 (±7% / ±65.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 19.7% † 1,159 (±3.3% / ±192.4)
  • 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

1.6% ±2.1% (28  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Marlinton: 2.3% † 28 (±3% / ±36)
  • more than double the rate in Pocahontas County: 0.6% 44
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

11.4% ±3.9% (167  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Marlinton: 9.5% † 93 (±4.3% / ±45)
  • a little less than the rate in Pocahontas County: 11.8% † 752 (±2.1% / ±137)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
167 Total veterans ±61 164 Male ±59 3 Female ±5

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