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Census Tract 9643, Preston, WV

4,092 Population
39.8 square miles 102.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arthurdale: 45 † ±9.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Preston County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$34,105 ±$4,806 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Arthurdale: $37,457 † ±$14,871
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$68,641 ±$10,560 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arthurdale: $81,285 † ±$11,771
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

13.6% ±7.1% (553  ±296) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Arthurdale: 7.2% † 71 (±7.9% / ±81)
  • about the same as 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)

34.4 minutes ±6.3 (58,225  ±15,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arthurdale: 28 † 13,470 (±17.4 / ±5,142)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Preston County: 31.1 381,285 (±1.4 / ±24,434)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,663 ±181 Number of households
  • Arthurdale: 343 † ±117
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.5 ±0.4 (4,092  ±444) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arthurdale: 2.9 982 (±0.1 / ±336)
  • a little higher than the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,908 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Arthurdale: 443 † ±149
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$166,100 ±$13,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arthurdale: $153,900 † ±$51,288
  • 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

13.8% ±7.1% (564  ±296.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Arthurdale: 3.8% † 37 (±3.7% / ±38.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Preston County: 10% † 3,377 (±1.6% / ±524.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

85.8% ±7.1% (2,661  ±369.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Arthurdale: 90.4% † 604 (±40.9% / ±185.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Preston County: 86.2% 22,277 (±3% / ±776)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
15.2% ±3.6% (472  ±123) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arthurdale: 19.8% † 132 (±9.4% / ±76.4)
  • about 90 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

0.3% ±0.4% (11  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arthurdale: 1.1% † 11 (±1.5% / ±15)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Preston County: 1.6% 534
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6% ±2.8% (202  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arthurdale: 6.8% † 55 (±8.2% / ±69)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
202 Total veterans ±98 192 Male ±98 10 Female ±15

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