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BG 1, Tract 9641.01, Preston, WV

1,054 Population
29.3 square miles 35.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Preston County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,278 ±$6,904 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Preston County: $29,033 ±$1,351
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,583 ±$47,134 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Preston County: $61,880 ±$4,690
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

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Families

440 ±86 Number of households
  • Preston County: 12,809 ±379
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (1,054  ±244) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Preston County: 2.4 30,360 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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Housing

521 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Preston County: 15,183 ±77
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,000 ±$63,222 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Preston County: $162,800 ±$6,962
  • about 1.5 times the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

91.3% ±8.5% (680  ±148.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Preston County: 86.2% 22,277 (±3% / ±776)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.1% ±10% (239  ±88.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Preston County: 17.6% 4,533 (±1.6% / ±412.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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13.4% ±8.9% (104  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Preston County: 6.9% † 1,921 (±1% / ±273)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
104 Total veterans ±72 73 Male ±67 31 Female ±27

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