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Census Tract 9639, Preston, WV

3,902 Population
47.4 square miles 82.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Masontown: 39.8 † ±11
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Preston County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$30,546 ±$3,598 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Masontown: $29,182 † ±$4,488
  • a little higher than the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$59,464 ±$9,455 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Masontown: $54,643 † ±$26,791
  • a little less than the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

13.3% ±5.5% (517  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Masontown: 9.3% † 48 (±5.6% / ±36)
  • a little less than the rate in Preston County: 13.8% † 4,160 (±2.2% / ±650)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

26.2 minutes ±6.1 (40,120  ±6,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Masontown: 31.4 † 5,650 (±24.9 / ±3,005)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Preston County: 31.1 381,285 (±1.4 / ±24,434)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,709 ±191 Number of households
  • Masontown: 230 † ±84
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.4 (3,902  ±407) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Masontown: 2.3 † 518 (±0.6 / ±229)
  • a little less than the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

2.3% ±2.5% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Masontown: 16% † 17 (±14.4% / ±19)
  • about one-third of the rate in Preston County: 6.5% † 442 (±2.1% / ±145)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,817 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Masontown: 246 † ±87
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$166,300 ±$30,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Masontown: $120,500 † ±$56,444
  • about the same as the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

2.7% ±1.6% (106  ±64.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Masontown: 5.4% † 27 (±6.7% / ±35.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Preston County: 10% † 3,377 (±1.6% / ±524.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

88.2% ±6.7% (2,550  ±320.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Masontown: 86.7% † 305 (±40.9% / ±92.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Preston County: 86.2% 22,277 (±3% / ±776)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
20.7% ±5.5% (599  ±170.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Masontown: 15.6% † 55 (±14.5% / ±54.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • about 90 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

0.9% ±1.1% (35  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • Masontown: 0%
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Preston County: 1.6% 534
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

7.2% ±2.4% (225  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Masontown: 6.2% † 24 (±4.9% / ±21)
  • a little higher than the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
225 Total veterans ±78 212 Male ±67 13 Female ±19

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