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Census Tract 305, Wetzel, WV

3,435 Population
179.2 square miles 19.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Jacksonburg: 24.2 ±2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wetzel County: 45.3 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$24,785 ±$3,705 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Jacksonburg: $18,580 † ±$8,557
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wetzel County: $31,337 ±$1,905
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$51,016 ±$8,043 Median household income
  • Jacksonburg: $
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wetzel County: $56,836 ±$5,601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

26.1% ±8.5% (882  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Jacksonburg: 8.3% † 12 (±6.6% / ±18)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wetzel County: 16% † 2,218 (±3.9% / ±542)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

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Families

1,440 ±180 Number of households
  • Jacksonburg: 54 † ±70
  • Wetzel County: 6,113 ±211
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.4 ±0.4 (3,398  ±392) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jacksonburg: 2.7 † 144 (±4.9 / ±184)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wetzel County: 2.3 13,929 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

10.4% ±8% (74  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Jacksonburg: 0%
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wetzel County: 9.2% † 250 (±3.3% / ±89)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,687 ±181 Number of housing units
  • Jacksonburg: 54 † ±70
  • Wetzel County: 7,297 ±26
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$89,600 ±$8,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • Jacksonburg: $
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wetzel County: $107,900 ±$10,672
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

5.2% ±2.7% (177  ±95.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jacksonburg: 10.5% † 19 (±16.9% / ±36.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wetzel County: 7.4% † 1,021 (±2.1% / ±297.6)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

86.7% ±4.9% (1,919  ±259.3) High school grad or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jacksonburg: 50% † 6 (±419.6% / ±51.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Wetzel County: 91.1% 9,193 (±5.2% / ±534)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
6% ±3.4% (133  ±77) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • Jacksonburg: 0%
  • about one-third of the rate in Wetzel County: 17.1% † 1,725 (±2.6% / ±266.2)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6% ±2.7% (156  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • Jacksonburg: 0%
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wetzel County: 8.6% † 951 (±1.7% / ±185)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
156 Total veterans ±73 144 Male ±69 12 Female ±20

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