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Charleston, WV

47,918 Population
31.4 square miles 1,526.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 43.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$45,967 ±$2,221 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $34,749 ±$1,014
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$64,512 ±$3,337 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $58,089 ±$1,580
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

16.5% ±1.8% (7,614  ±805) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 16.6% 33,810 (±1.1% / ±2,229)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

17.9 minutes ±1.4 (348,725  ±31,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 23.8 1,870,255 (±0.8 / ±72,947)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

21,237 ±495 Number of households
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 87,660 ±907
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.1 (45,838  ±71) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 2.3 204,152 (±0 / ±49)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

4% ±1.7% (434  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,317 (±0.8% / ±365)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

25,586 ±571 Number of housing units
  • the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 104,500 ±76
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$187,300 ±$8,319 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: $128,900 ±$4,111
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

12.8% ±1.7% (6,093  ±800) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 8.9% 18,120 (±0.8% / ±1,626.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

92.1% ±3.7% (32,471  ±1,421.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 89.9% 134,827 (±1.8% / ±2,710)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
44.1% ±2.7% (15,555  ±979.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 26.9% 40,298 (±1% / ±1,524.8)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

3.9% ±0.7% (1,844  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 1.6% 3,301
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.7% ±0.9% (2,196  ±347) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Charleston, WV Metro Area: 7.1% 11,758 (±0.5% / ±802)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
2,196 Total veterans ±347 2,122 Male ±334 74 Female ±51

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