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Cheat Lake, WV

10,485 Population
14.3 square miles 731.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$65,868 ±$7,196 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $37,435 ±$953
  • about double the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$111,379 ±$14,355 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $62,394 ±$1,722
  • nearly double the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

5.4% ±2.6% (569  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19% 24,822 (±1.2% / ±1,606)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

23.3 minutes ±3.8 (115,995  ±12,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.8 1,422,300 (±0.7 / ±54,317)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

4,257 ±359 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 57,158 ±666
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.5 ±0.3 (10,483  ±843) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 130,722 (±0 / ±227)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

9.4% ±5% (210  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5% † 1,797 (±1% / ±373)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

4,555 ±373 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 65,010 ±108
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$345,500 ±$33,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $226,800 ±$5,655
  • more than double the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

8.6% ±3.9% (886  ±405.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 21.1% 29,278 (±1.4% / ±1,981.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

97.7% ±5.9% (7,427  ±720.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 91.7% 84,137 (±2.3% / ±2,086.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
58.7% ±5.4% (4,458  ±532.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 39.5% 36,215 (±1.5% / ±1,342.9)
  • more than 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

4.4% ±2.3% (458  ±244) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.2% 5,925
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.4% ±1.7% (430  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5.9% 6,878 (±0.5% / ±532)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
430 Total veterans ±137 416 Male ±137 14 Female ±22

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