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Census Tract 9644, Preston, WV

3,100 Population
64.4 square miles 48.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±6.4 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Newburg: 60.8 † ±17.1
  • 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

$28,917 ±$6,555 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Newburg: $30,305 † ±$5,629
  • about the same as the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$51,444 ±$8,154 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Newburg: $51,821 † ±$15,688
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

11.9% ±4.4% (360  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Newburg: 11.1% † 25 (±8.2% / ±22)
  • about 90 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)

35.3 minutes ±11.5 (42,225  ±9,520) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Newburg: 62.9 † 4,965 (±34.6 / ±4,562)
  • 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

1,250 ±150 Number of households
  • Newburg: 113 † ±57
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.5 ±0.2 (3,100  ±456) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Newburg: 2 † 226 (±1.4 / ±106)
  • 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

13.6% ±12.5% (90  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Newburg: 6.7% † 2 (±9% / ±3)
  • 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

1,461 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Newburg: 124 † ±59
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$104,100 ±$50,684 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Newburg: $46,100 ±$3,670
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

7% ±5.2% (209  ±157.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Newburg: 12.8% † 29 (±15.9% / ±38.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Preston County: 10% † 3,377 (±1.6% / ±524.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

84.9% ±7.1% (1,830  ±263.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Newburg: 84% † 163 (±57.6% / ±73.6)
  • 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)
16.7% ±6.1% (361  ±138.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Newburg: 10.8% † 21 (±17.6% / ±35.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±0.5% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Newburg: 3.5% † 8 (±6% / ±14)
  • 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

5.7% ±2.4% (132  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Newburg: 5.6% † 11 (±4.2% / ±10)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
132 Total veterans ±57 108 Male ±54 24 Female ±26

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