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Beckley, WV

16,977 Population
9.5 square miles 1,787.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,990 ±$3,643 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$39,939 ±$7,297 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,345 ±$3,012
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

27% ±5.7% (4,377  ±924) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

18.7 minutes ±2.3 (114,820  ±16,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 25.7 985,235 (±0.5 / ±45,841)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

7,208 ±377 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.3 ±0.1 (16,231  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.2% ±4.4% (192  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3% † 698 (±1% / ±227)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

8,822 ±447 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$148,800 ±$13,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

15.1% ±3.4% (2,522  ±559.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.8% 12,187 (±1% / ±1,167.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.7% ±6.6% (10,235  ±866.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
25.9% ±4.2% (2,952  ±498) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 19.7% 16,019 (±1.4% / ±1,106.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

3.1% ±0.8% (529  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 1% 1,126
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

7.9% ±2% (1,023  ±264) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 6,492 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
1,023 Total veterans ±264 948 Male ±252 75 Female ±57

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