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Huntington, WV

46,637 Population
16.2 square miles 2,875.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.6 ±0.2

Economics

$27,632 ±$1,564 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $31,205 ±$730
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $31,462 ±$341
$39,066 ±$3,355 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $55,964 ±$1,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $55,217 ±$577

28.8% ±2.5% (12,556  ±1,070) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 17.3% 60,603 (±0.8% / ±2,685)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.8% 291,860 (±0.4% / ±7,189)

18.4 minutes ±1.3 (330,350  ±27,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23.9 3,243,755 (±0.7 / ±103,727)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.3 17,717,956 (±0.2 / ±203,956)

Families

19,411 ±566 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 141,459 ±1,179
  • West Virginia: 716,040 ±2,889
2.2 ±0.1 (43,361  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.5 350,708 (±0 / ±96)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,741,273

2.8% ±0.9% (344  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 4.5% † 3,552 (±0.5% / ±401)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,844 (±0.3% / ±978)

Housing

24,224 ±484 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 166,007 ±82
  • West Virginia: 859,142 ±271

$114,800 ±$7,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $142,800 ±$3,455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $145,800 ±$1,644

17.9% ±1.9% (8,263  ±857) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.7% 38,040 (±0.6% / ±2,082.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 11.1% 196,636 (±0.3% / ±5,393.7)

Social

88.9% ±3.3% (26,202  ±1,104) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89% 222,753 (±1.4% / ±3,461.4)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.4% 1,124,528 (±0.6% / ±7,360)
32.3% ±2.2% (9,519  ±,680.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23.1% 57,860 (±0.7% / ±1,764.8)
  • about 1.4 times 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

2.2% ±0.5% (1,032  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,178
  • about 1.4 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.6% 28,940

5.9% ±0.8% (2,264  ±308) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.6% 21,518 (±0.4% / ±1,074)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Virginia: 8% 114,894 (±0.2% / ±2,274)
2,264 Total veterans ±308 2,168 Male ±304 96 Female ±57

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