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Census Tract 308, Wetzel, WV

1,208 Population
15.7 square miles 76.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Martinsville: 44.5 ±3.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Wetzel County: 45.3 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$28,689 ±$4,296 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Martinsville: $31,900 ±$3,146
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wetzel County: $31,337 ±$1,905
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$54,340 ±$12,133 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Martinsville: $60,946 † ±$13,273
  • a little less than the amount in Wetzel County: $56,836 ±$5,601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

18.7% ±12.5% (226  ±156) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Martinsville: 15.5% † 774 (±5.1% / ±254)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wetzel County: 16% † 2,218 (±3.9% / ±542)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

18.6 minutes ±2.2 (9,900  ±3,103) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Martinsville: 17 † 33,645 (±2.2 / ±5,543)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wetzel County: 29.4 143,805 (±2.4 / ±15,709)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

530 ±97 Number of households
  • New Martinsville: 2,220 ±143
  • Wetzel County: 6,113 ±211
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.6 (1,199  ±204) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Martinsville: 2.3 5,021 (±0.2 / ±25)
  • about the same as the figure in Wetzel County: 2.3 13,929 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

8.9% ±8.9% (22  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Martinsville: 10.4% † 108 (±6.6% / ±70)
  • a little less than the rate in Wetzel County: 9.2% † 250 (±3.3% / ±89)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

579 ±98 Number of housing units
  • New Martinsville: 2,465 ±167
  • Wetzel County: 7,297 ±26
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$122,600 ±$54,794 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in New Martinsville: $128,300 † ±$25,615
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wetzel County: $107,900 ±$10,672
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

4.9% ±3.5% (58  ±42.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Martinsville: 12.6% † 638 (±4.9% / ±247.3)
  • 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

92.4% ±5.8% (862  ±153.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Martinsville: 94.2% 3,615 (±8.2% / ±345.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wetzel County: 91.1% 9,193 (±5.2% / ±534)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
25% ±9.1% (233  ±93.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Martinsville: 23.8% † 913 (±5.1% / ±198.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wetzel County: 17.1% † 1,725 (±2.6% / ±266.2)
  • a little higher than 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

2.4% ±4.7% (29  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New Martinsville: 0.7% † 38 (±1% / ±50)
  • more than double the rate in Wetzel County: 0.4% 51
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

8.6% ±5.7% (94  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in New Martinsville: 8.2% † 345 (±2.3% / ±97)
  • about the same as the rate in Wetzel County: 8.6% † 951 (±1.7% / ±185)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
94 Total veterans ±65 94 Male ±65 N/A Female ±13

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