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Census Tract 9642, Preston, WV

3,520 Population
148.5 square miles 23.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Aurora: 38.2 † ±6.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Preston County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,647 ±$2,537 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Aurora: $24,886 † ±$10,105
  • a little less than the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$54,647 ±$7,337 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Aurora: $55,444 † ±$40,283
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

15.2% ±4.2% (534  ±162) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Aurora: 22.9% † 65 (±13.1% / ±52)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Preston County: 13.8% † 4,160 (±2.2% / ±650)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

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Families

1,475 ±210 Number of households
  • Aurora: 129 † ±68
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.5 (3,507  ±454) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Aurora: 2.2 † 284 (±0.4 / ±159)
  • about the same as the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

16.8% ±9.3% (118  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Aurora: 0%
  • more than 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

1,824 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Aurora: 138 † ±68
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$120,000 ±$28,798 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Aurora: $
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

2.6% ±1.7% (88  ±58.5) Moved since previous year
  • Aurora: 0%
  • 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

88.5% ±4.6% (2,185  ±261.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Aurora: 94.8% † 218 (±63.3% / ±96.6)
  • a little higher than 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)
14.9% ±5% (369  ±129.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Aurora: 8.3% † 19 (±19.4% / ±45.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.5% ±0.5% (18  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • Aurora: 0%
  • about one-third of the rate in Preston County: 1.6% 534
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

7.9% ±2.7% (220  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Aurora: 4.8% † 11 (±7% / ±17)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
220 Total veterans ±81 201 Male ±79 19 Female ±16

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