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Buckhannon, WV

5,116 Population
2.8 square miles 1,796 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Upshur County: 42.3 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$29,231 ±$5,267 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Upshur County: $30,013 ±$2,135
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$54,615 ±$11,950 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Upshur County: $54,338 ±$2,364
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

21.7% ±6.2% (847  ±242) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Upshur County: 19.2% † 4,293 (±2.8% / ±630)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

20.3 minutes ±3.5 (32,790  ±7,709) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Upshur County: 28.1 220,680 (±2.4 / ±25,367)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

1,902 ±184 Number of households
  • Upshur County: 9,557 ±291
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.2 (3,908  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Upshur County: 2.3 22,328 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

1.2% ±1.9% (18  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Upshur County: 3.6% † 185 (±1.9% / ±96)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

2,255 ±210 Number of housing units
  • Upshur County: 11,281 ±41
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$158,100 ±$8,438 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Upshur County: $170,800 ±$10,091
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

17.7% ±5.8% (903  ±295.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Upshur County: 9.8% † 2,305 (±2.1% / ±497.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

90.3% ±10.8% (2,685  ±354.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Upshur County: 88.5% 14,549 (±4.4% / ±731.4)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
24.4% ±6.2% (725  ±190.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Upshur County: 18.2% † 2,986 (±2.3% / ±370.4)
  • about the same as 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% ±1.6% (151  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Upshur County: 0.9% 216
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

4.5% ±1.7% (196  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Upshur County: 7.5% † 1,411 (±1.6% / ±305)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
196 Total veterans ±74 190 Male ±74 6 Female ±10

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