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Coal City, WV

1,236 Population
6.3 square miles 196 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.2 ±21.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$19,700 ±$7,696 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $28,109 ±$979
  • about three-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$23,750 ±$8,603 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $52,345 ±$3,012
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

11.7% ±12.6% (145  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 20.6% † 22,405 (±2.1% / ±2,264)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

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Families

566 ±230 Number of households
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 45,171 ±661
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.4 (1,236  ±557) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 2.4 109,021 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 † 1,732,557 (±,770.1 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±6.3% (13  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 3% † 698 (±1% / ±227)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

821 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 53,771 ±60
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$-666,666,700 ±$-222,222,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • the Beckley, WV Metro Area: $123,400 ±$5,696
  • West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

6.5% ±7.1% (79  ±93.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 10.8% 12,187 (±1% / ±1,167.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

68.6% ±42.7% (699  ±,297.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 85.7% 69,863 (±2.4% / ±1,969.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

N/A Foreign-born population

2.6% ±3.9% (27  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Beckley, WV Metro Area: 7.2% 6,492 (±0.7% / ±583)
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
27 Total veterans ±42 27 Male ±42 N/A Female ±13

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