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Census Tract 9668, Upshur, WV

3,823 Population
9.7 square miles 393.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Buckhannon: 32.8 † ±3.5
  • about the same as the figure in Upshur County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$29,150 ±$5,971 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Buckhannon: $29,231 † ±$5,267
  • a little less than the amount in Upshur County: $30,013 ±$2,135
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$41,667 ±$14,983 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Buckhannon: $54,615 † ±$11,950
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Upshur County: $54,338 ±$2,364
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

27.2% ±8.8% (995  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buckhannon: 21.7% † 847 (±6.2% / ±242)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Upshur County: 19.2% † 4,293 (±2.8% / ±630)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

22.6 minutes ±6.5 (26,480  ±9,213) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buckhannon: 20.3 † 32,790 (±3.5 / ±7,709)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Upshur County: 28.1 220,680 (±2.4 / ±25,367)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,618 ±166 Number of households
  • Buckhannon: 1,902 ±184
  • Upshur County: 9,557 ±291
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (3,656  ±432) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buckhannon: 2.1 3,908 (±0.2 / ±58)
  • a little less than the figure in Upshur County: 2.3 22,328 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

3.7% ±3.9% (30  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Buckhannon: 1.2% † 18 (±1.9% / ±27)
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 3.6% † 185 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,748 ±169 Number of housing units
  • Buckhannon: 2,255 ±210
  • Upshur County: 11,281 ±41
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$168,900 ±$17,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Buckhannon: $158,100 ±$8,438
  • about the same as the amount in Upshur County: $170,800 ±$10,091
  • a little higher than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

16.4% ±7.8% (608  ±295.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buckhannon: 17.7% † 903 (±5.8% / ±295.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Upshur County: 9.8% † 2,305 (±2.1% / ±497.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

91% ±7.3% (2,398  ±333.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buckhannon: 90.3% † 2,685 (±10.8% / ±354.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Upshur County: 88.5% 14,549 (±4.4% / ±731.4)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
18.3% ±5.7% (482  ±160.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Buckhannon: 24.4% † 725 (±6.2% / ±190.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 18.2% † 2,986 (±2.3% / ±370.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.7% ±0.8% (26  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Buckhannon: 3% † 151 (±1.6% / ±80)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Upshur County: 0.9% 216
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

9.1% ±2.9% (262  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Buckhannon: 4.5% † 196 (±1.7% / ±74)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 7.5% † 1,411 (±1.6% / ±305)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
262 Total veterans ±88 261 Male ±88 1 Female ±2

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