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Census Tract 9645, Preston, WV

2,322 Population
85.3 square miles 27.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Rowlesburg: 53.1 † ±10.8
  • about 20 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

$25,979 ±$3,069 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Rowlesburg: $28,451 † ±$7,599
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$44,549 ±$12,457 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Rowlesburg: $61,964 † ±$13,446
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

20.7% ±7.3% (477  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rowlesburg: 19% † 147 (±15.6% / ±130)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Preston County: 13.8% † 4,160 (±2.2% / ±650)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

32.1 minutes ±15.5 (21,985  ±6,920) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Rowlesburg: 27.3 † 7,260 (±3 / ±3,141)
  • a little higher than the figure in Preston County: 31.1 381,285 (±1.4 / ±24,434)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,111 ±128 Number of households
  • Rowlesburg: 321 † ±84
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.2 (2,322  ±319) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rowlesburg: 2.4 † 773 (±0.5 / ±252)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

4.2% ±5.6% (16  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Rowlesburg: 0%
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Preston County: 6.5% † 442 (±2.1% / ±145)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,300 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Rowlesburg: 385 † ±90
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$97,400 ±$20,787 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rowlesburg: $99,800 † ±$15,464
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

1% ±1.1% (22  ±25.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rowlesburg: 1.4% † 11 (±2.1% / ±16.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Preston County: 10% † 3,377 (±1.6% / ±524.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

81.8% ±2.9% (1,540  ±245.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rowlesburg: 79.9% † 489 (±32.9% / ±112.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Preston County: 86.2% 22,277 (±3% / ±776)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
12.1% ±4% (227  ±83.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rowlesburg: 15.2% † 93 (±7.6% / ±56.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • about half 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

6.5% ±2.6% (127  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Rowlesburg: 8.6% † 55 (±6.2% / ±44)
  • a little less than the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
127 Total veterans ±54 127 Male ±54 N/A Female ±13

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