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Census Tract 2, Raleigh, WV

3,475 Population
1.5 square miles 2,373.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Beckley: 42.3 ±3.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Raleigh County: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$20,717 ±$3,893 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Beckley: $31,431 † ±$3,813
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Raleigh County: $28,797 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$41,183 ±$9,574 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Beckley: $45,826 † ±$8,661
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Raleigh County: $52,150 ±$3,933
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

37.7% ±11.8% (1,160  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Beckley: 28.9% † 4,630 (±5.8% / ±933)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Raleigh County: 22.8% † 15,883 (±2.8% / ±1,951)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

23.7 minutes ±3.3 (21,585  ±6,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Beckley: 16.5 96,615 (±0.7 / ±9,727)
  • about the same as the figure in Raleigh County: 23.7 581,285 (±1.1 / ±41,260)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,341 ±235 Number of households
  • Beckley: 7,050 ±375
  • Raleigh County: 29,004 ±678
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.2 (3,263  ±612) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Beckley: 2.3 16,057 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in Raleigh County: 2.4 69,856 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

4.2% ±5.4% (25  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Beckley: 7.1% † 274 (±4.4% / ±170)
  • about the same as the rate in Raleigh County: 4.1% † 619 (±1.5% / ±217)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,914 ±209 Number of housing units
  • Beckley: 8,628 ±410
  • Raleigh County: 34,604 ±36
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$166,500 ±$44,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Beckley: $158,000 ±$12,759
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Raleigh County: $150,900 ±$8,969
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

12.9% ±8% (437  ±281.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beckley: 14.2% † 2,341 (±3.2% / ±529.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh County: 11.5% † 8,326 (±1.4% / ±1,030.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

87.8% ±11.8% (1,868  ±376.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Beckley: 91% 10,220 (±6.5% / ±839.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Raleigh County: 85.9% 44,766 (±3.3% / ±1,718.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.2% ±5.8% (515  ±146.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Beckley: 29.2% † 3,275 (±3.9% / ±460.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Raleigh County: 22.5% 11,724 (±1.8% / ±947.6)
  • about the same as 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

2.2% ±1.6% (75  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Beckley: 3% † 512 (±1% / ±163)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Raleigh County: 1.5% 1,104
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

10.5% ±6.4% (267  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Beckley: 7% † 898 (±1.8% / ±236)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Raleigh County: 6.4% † 3,684 (±0.8% / ±473)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
267 Total veterans ±167 260 Male ±166 7 Female ±11

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