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Census Tract 9638.02, Preston, WV

3,467 Population
98.7 square miles 35.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Brandonville: 37.7 † ±4.4
  • about the same as the figure in Preston County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$36,375 ±$5,121 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Brandonville: $37,513 † ±$11,026
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$78,250 ±$32,986 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Brandonville: $76,250 † ±$31,009
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about 1.3 times the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

11.7% ±5.6% (401  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brandonville: 10.8% † 18 (±13% / ±23)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Preston County: 13.8% † 4,160 (±2.2% / ±650)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

27.5 minutes ±8.2 (42,190  ±8,202) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Brandonville: 29.1 † 1,830 (±12.5 / ±1,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Preston County: 31.1 381,285 (±1.4 / ±24,434)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,353 ±175 Number of households
  • Brandonville: 63 † ±26
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.6 ±0.1 (3,467  ±477) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Brandonville: 2.6 † 166 (±0.4 / ±74)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

12.4% ±8.4% (112  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Brandonville: 0%
  • nearly double the rate in Preston County: 6.5% † 442 (±2.1% / ±145)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,453 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Brandonville: 65 † ±27
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$200,400 ±$35,459 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brandonville: $181,300 † ±$55,309
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

10.4% ±5.9% (352  ±204.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brandonville: 16.3% † 27 (±15.1% / ±27.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Preston County: 10% † 3,377 (±1.6% / ±524.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

92.2% ±6.8% (2,251  ±346.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Brandonville: 98.3% † 114 (±58.9% / ±46.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Preston County: 86.2% 22,277 (±3% / ±776)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
23.2% ±5.1% (565  ±145.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Brandonville: 40.5% † 47 (±26.1% / ±36.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • a little less 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.2% ±2.2% (143  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Brandonville: 4% † 5 (±4.5% / ±6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
143 Total veterans ±63 141 Male ±62 2 Female ±3

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