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Beckley, WV

16,818 Population
9.5 square miles 1,770.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$31,431 ±$3,813 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,557 ±$962
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$45,826 ±$8,661 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,620 ±$2,324
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

28.9% ±5.8% (4,630  ±933) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 21.6% 23,247 (±2.1% / ±2,212)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

16.5 minutes ±0.7 (96,615  ±9,727) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.9 989,010 (±1 / ±54,160)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

7,050 ±375 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 44,952 ±816
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.3 ±0.1 (16,057  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 108,137 (±0 / ±27)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

7.1% ±4.4% (274  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3.7% † 847 (±1% / ±228)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

8,628 ±410 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,688 ±50
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$158,000 ±$12,759 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $129,600 ±$7,251
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

14.2% ±3.2% (2,341  ±529.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.1% 11,263 (±1% / ±1,096)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

91% ±6.5% (10,220  ±839.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 86.3% 69,753 (±2.5% / ±2,017.6)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
29.2% ±3.9% (3,275  ±460.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.1% 16,279 (±1.3% / ±1,053.1)
  • about 20 percent 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

3% ±1% (512  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 1.1% 1,207
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

7% ±1.8% (898  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.1% 6,313 (±0.6% / ±561)
  • a little less than the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
898 Total veterans ±236 861 Male ±236 37 Female ±28

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