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Charleston, WV

48,415 Population
31.4 square miles 1,542 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$44,639 ±$2,531 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $33,118 ±$871
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$58,902 ±$3,422 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $54,473 ±$1,301
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

17% ±2% (7,946  ±926) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 17.3% 43,839 (±1% / ±2,445)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

18.4 minutes ±1.2 (366,970  ±30,695) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 24.8 2,360,265 (±0.7 / ±83,724)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

21,746 ±496 Number of households
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 107,033 ±1,145
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.1 ±0.1 (46,200  ±89) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 2.4 254,285 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

3.1% ±1.2% (342  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,591 (±0.7% / ±369)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

25,754 ±507 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 127,194 ±113
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$172,800 ±$10,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $125,800 ±$3,813
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

13.7% ±1.8% (6,602  ±,858.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 8.6% 21,817 (±0.7% / ±1,769.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

92.1% ±3.7% (32,711  ±1,422.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 89.2% 165,560 (±1.6% / ±2,902.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
43.2% ±2.8% (15,340  ±1,017.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 23.7% 44,064 (±0.9% / ±1,588.5)
  • nearly double 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

4.4% ±0.9% (2,116  ±419) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 1.5% 3,907
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

5.1% ±0.7% (2,002  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 14,791 (±0.5% / ±973)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
2,002 Total veterans ±279 1,938 Male ±273 64 Female ±50

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