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Cheat Lake, WV

10,034 Population
14.3 square miles 699.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 34.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$66,771 ±$8,186 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $36,095 ±$1,096
  • more than double the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$109,732 ±$16,430 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $60,670 ±$1,962
  • about double the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

3.1% ±1.8% (315  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19% 24,799 (±1.3% / ±1,741)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

23.9 minutes ±1.1 (114,795  ±14,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.5 1,410,080 (±0.4 / ±44,843)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

4,074 ±365 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 56,829 ±740
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.5 ±0.3 (10,031  ±776) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 130,557 (±0 / ±258)
  • about the same as the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

9.8% ±5.1% (207  ±112) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,787 (±0.8% / ±282)
  • about double the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

4,408 ±368 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 64,740 ±130
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$335,000 ±$32,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $215,300 ±$5,363
  • more than double the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

7.5% ±3.4% (742  ±,341.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 21% 29,108 (±1.4% / ±1,862.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

97.5% ±5.6% (7,166  ±679) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 91.9% 83,244 (±2.1% / ±1,934.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
60.7% ±5.3% (4,465  ±512) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 39.6% 35,882 (±1.5% / ±1,340.7)
  • more than 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

2.5% ±1.2% (248  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.1% 5,687
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

6.2% ±1.6% (476  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 6.3% 7,299 (±0.5% / ±553)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
476 Total veterans ±132 446 Male ±136 30 Female ±34

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