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BG 2, Tract 9602.02, Pocahontas, WV

917 Population
73.1 square miles 12.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±15.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marlinton: 42.5 † ±13.6
  • a little less than the figure in Pocahontas County: 49.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$27,115 ±$9,751 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Marlinton: $22,245 † ±$7,686
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $24,646 ±$2,388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$52,063 ±$7,023 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Marlinton: $37,273 † ±$7,255
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pocahontas County: $42,119 ±$3,188
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

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Families

369 ±90 Number of households
  • Marlinton: 500 † ±96
  • Pocahontas County: 3,181 ±169
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.3 (844  ±235) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Marlinton: 2.3 1,128 (±0.2 / ±230)
  • about the same as the figure in Pocahontas County: 2.3 7,443 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

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Housing

631 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Marlinton: 653 † ±118
  • Pocahontas County: 6,834 ±33
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$147,000 ±$34,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Marlinton: $93,900 † ±$17,994
  • a little less than the amount in Pocahontas County: $152,400 ±$13,591
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

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Social

87.2% ±25.6% (608  ±111.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marlinton: 86.4% † 698 (±22.2% / ±114)
  • about the same as the rate in Pocahontas County: 85.7% 5,053 (±6.1% / ±364.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
23.8% ±7.8% (166  ±66.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Marlinton: 21% † 170 (±7% / ±65.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pocahontas County: 19.7% † 1,159 (±3.3% / ±192.4)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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17.3% ±9% (132  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Marlinton: 9.5% † 93 (±4.3% / ±45)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pocahontas County: 11.8% † 752 (±2.1% / ±137)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
132 Total veterans ±76 115 Male ±67 17 Female ±18

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