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Cheat Lake, WV

10,902 Population
14.3 square miles 760.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$67,787 ±$6,910 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $38,900 ±$1,062
  • about double the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$117,014 ±$19,407 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $64,640 ±$2,584
  • about double the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±3.2% (710  ±349) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 18.3% 24,008 (±1.2% / ±1,541)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±0.2 (120,520  ±13,770) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 23.1 1,379,220 (±0.5 / ±46,842)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,423 ±376 Number of households
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 57,438 ±661
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (10,901  ±787) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 2.3 131,137 (±0 / ±143)
  • a little higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±5.2% (191  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.3% † 1,562 (±0.7% / ±255)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,758 ±371 Number of housing units
  • the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 65,115 ±83
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$367,600 ±$24,716 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: $233,000 ±$5,160
  • more than double the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±3.8% (1,022  ±414.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 19.9% 27,782 (±1.2% / ±1,698.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98% ±6.6% (7,788  ±772.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 92.3% 85,225 (±2.2% / ±1,990.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
61.8% ±5.6% (4,907  ±567.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 40.1% 37,052 (±1.4% / ±1,328.9)
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4.4% ±2.1% (477  ±226) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 4.4% 6,270
  • more than double the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±1.5% (308  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Morgantown, WV Metro Area: 5.4% 6,298 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
308 Total veterans ±127 276 Male ±123 32 Female ±38

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