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Cowen, WV

560 Population
0.6 square miles 890 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Webster County: 47.1 ±1.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$15,321 ±$3,432 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Webster County: $23,343 † ±$2,673
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$30,625 ±$6,123 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Webster County: $42,061 † ±$5,457
  • about half the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

31.8% ±13.3% (178  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Webster County: 22.1% † 1,812 (±6.2% / ±504)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

17.3 minutes ±7.9 (1,555  ±1,002) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Webster County: 30.2 † 71,680 (±5.8 / ±15,520)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

191 ±57 Number of households
  • Webster County: 2,838 ±201
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.9 ±1.2 (560  ±158) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Webster County: 2.9 8,192 (±0.2 / ±3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

5.8% ±7.5% (5  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Webster County: 9.6% † 144 (±5.1% / ±77)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

250 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Webster County: 4,408 ±17
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$57,300 ±$13,320 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Webster County: $78,000 † ±$10,528
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

10.6% ±9.2% (58  ±53) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Webster County: 4.2% † 338 (±1.6% / ±129.9)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

76.3% ±5.9% (286  ±97.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Webster County: 80.1% 4,840 (±6% / ±362.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
11.2% ±10.8% (42  ±42.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Webster County: 12.6% † 759 (±2.9% / ±172.4)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

0.5% ±0.7% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Webster County: 0% 3
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

5.4% ±5.2% (26  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Webster County: 8.7% † 575 (±1.9% / ±129)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
26 Total veterans ±26 26 Male ±26 N/A Female ±13

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