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Census Tract 208, Wayne, WV

3,403 Population
63.9 square miles 53.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fort Gay: 44 † ±11.3
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 44.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$25,110 ±$4,029 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Fort Gay: $20,516 † ±$4,738
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $32,910 ±$2,567
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$44,375 ±$20,951 Median household income
  • Fort Gay: $
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $58,878 † ±$6,222
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

25.5% ±9.5% (869  ±349) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fort Gay: 38% † 166 (±13.2% / ±87)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 14.6% † 5,537 (±2.5% / ±936)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

36.1 minutes ±5.4 (39,960  ±10,998) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fort Gay: 29.9 † 4,280 (±14.2 / ±3,308)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wayne County: 25.3 359,560 (±1.5 / ±27,885)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,468 ±231 Number of households
  • Fort Gay: 212 † ±76
  • Wayne County: 15,762 ±423
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.5 (3,382  ±513) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fort Gay: 2 † 416 (±0.4 / ±172)
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 37,967 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

0.6% ±0.8% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Fort Gay: 4.8% † 4 (±6.5% / ±6)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 5.9% † 466 (±2.2% / ±173)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,865 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Fort Gay: 354 † ±107
  • Wayne County: 18,263 ±31
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$59,600 ±$10,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Fort Gay: $62,300 † ±$8,071
  • about half the amount in Wayne County: $127,100 † ±$12,784
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

4.1% ±3% (138  ±105.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Fort Gay: 17.6% † 76 (±12.2% / ±60.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 6.7% † 2,543 (±1.6% / ±589)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

74.5% ±2.6% (1,829  ±292.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fort Gay: 82.4% † 299 (±40.2% / ±93.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 87.5% 24,095 (±4.1% / ±1,124.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
4.7% ±3.2% (114  ±80.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fort Gay: 5.2% † 19 (±10.3% / ±38.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wayne County: 19.2% † 5,282 (±2.2% / ±599.8)
  • about one-fifth 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

2.2% ±1.3% (73  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • Fort Gay: 0%
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 0.6% 237
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

5.6% ±3.3% (151  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fort Gay: 4.1% † 15 (±4.9% / ±19)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 8% † 2,434 (±1.1% / ±326)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
151 Total veterans ±91 115 Male ±76 36 Female ±56

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