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Census Tract 3, Wood, WV

2,741 Population
0.5 square miles 5,061.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Parkersburg: 42.2 ±1.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wood County: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$33,416 ±$7,764 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Parkersburg: $30,355 ±$1,739
  • a little less than the amount in Wood County: $34,707 ±$1,013
  • about the same as the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$47,560 ±$25,630 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Parkersburg: $49,025 ±$2,505
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wood County: $57,810 ±$2,706
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

29% ±9.3% (760  ±266) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Parkersburg: 22.5% † 6,486 (±3% / ±874)
  • about double the rate in Wood County: 14.8% 12,101 (±1.2% / ±1,009)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

26.6 minutes ±7.8 (26,520  ±10,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Parkersburg: 19.2 213,675 (±1.8 / ±23,701)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wood County: 20.9 674,755 (±1 / ±37,059)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,435 ±233 Number of households
  • Parkersburg: 13,313 ±438
  • Wood County: 35,836 ±502
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
1.8 ±0.4 (2,611  ±363) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Parkersburg: 2.2 28,813 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wood County: 2.3 82,316 (±0 / ±18)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

5.9% ±7% (34  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Parkersburg: 8.5% † 544 (±2.9% / ±187)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wood County: 6.8% † 1,171 (±1.5% / ±263)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

1,593 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Parkersburg: 15,236 ±356
  • Wood County: 40,283 ±75
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$99,100 ±$25,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Parkersburg: $121,600 ±$6,840
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wood County: $158,500 ±$4,640
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

9.2% ±5.6% (252  ±157.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Parkersburg: 11.6% † 3,347 (±2.2% / ±635.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Wood County: 9.1% † 7,498 (±1.1% / ±897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

88.6% ±6.3% (1,842  ±337.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Parkersburg: 87.1% 18,480 (±4.2% / ±967.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Wood County: 91.2% 54,744 (±2.7% / ±1,611.8)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
19.7% ±6.5% (409  ±152.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Parkersburg: 21% 4,451 (±1.9% / ±422.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wood County: 24.1% 14,473 (±1.3% / ±785.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.3% ±0.4% (7  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Parkersburg: 1.2% † 350 (±0.4% / ±107)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wood County: 1% 859
  • less than a fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

2.7% ±1.7% (62  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Parkersburg: 8.1% † 1,887 (±1.7% / ±392)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wood County: 8.3% 5,458 (±0.8% / ±507)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
62 Total veterans ±41 36 Male ±30 26 Female ±33

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