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Beckley, WV

17,132 Population
9.5 square miles 1,803.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$29,877 ±$3,389 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $26,698 ±$1,003
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$41,277 ±$6,955 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $48,859 ±$3,519
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

22.4% ±4.8% (3,683  ±787) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 21.8% 24,001 (±1.9% / ±2,065)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

19.4 minutes ±2.7 (122,490  ±21,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 26.2 997,895 (±1 / ±51,456)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

7,210 ±348 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,333 ±673
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.3 ±0.1 (16,388  ±153) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 110,019 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

6.6% ±3.8% (242  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 4% † 930 (±1.1% / ±249)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

8,665 ±408 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,935 ±55
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$135,100 ±$16,258 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $118,700 ±$4,022
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

18.5% ±4.1% (3,112  ±,687.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 11.5% 13,059 (±1.1% / ±1,290.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

88.9% ±6.1% (10,487  ±,836.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.2% 70,044 (±2.4% / ±1,943.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
23.3% ±3.7% (2,745  ±,447.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 18.9% 15,502 (±1.3% / ±1,045)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 22.7% 288,779 (±0.3% / ±4,107.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±0.9% (413  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 0.9% 985
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

9.1% ±2.1% (1,224  ±282) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.6% 6,885 (±0.7% / ±616)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
1,224 Total veterans ±282 1,028 Male ±245 196 Female ±145

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