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Huntington, WV

46,189 Population
16.2 square miles 2,847.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,024 ±$1,784 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $32,258 ±$624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $32,949 ±$335
$43,146 ±$3,604 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $58,483 ±$1,310
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $57,917 ±$607

27.4% ±2.3% (11,752  ±996) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 17% 61,643 (±0.7% / ±2,612)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.6% 287,660 (±0.4% / ±6,184)

18.6 minutes ±1.2 (338,805  ±26,544) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.1 3,424,370 (±0.6 / ±98,958)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,836,120 (±0.3 / ±212,366)

Families

19,627 ±514 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 150,091 ±1,218
  • West Virginia: 721,448 ±2,890
2.2 ±0.1 (42,692  ±118) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 364,009 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,732,557

3% ±0.9% (374  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 4.7% † 3,780 (±0.6% / ±449)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 5% 18,860 (±0.3% / ±1,083)

Housing

24,153 ±440 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,587 ±133
  • West Virginia: 859,653 ±241

$118,800 ±$6,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $149,000 ±$3,686
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $155,600 ±$1,679

19.2% ±1.9% (8,777  ±871.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.9% 40,265 (±0.6% / ±2,276.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 10.8% 190,764 (±0.3% / ±4,713.9)

Social

89.2% ±3.4% (25,654  ±1,090.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89% 231,625 (±1.4% / ±3,521.4)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 88.6% 1,124,648 (±0.6% / ±7,526.8)
34.5% ±2.3% (9,911  ±693.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23% 59,875 (±0.7% / ±1,707.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 23.3% 295,541 (±0.3% / ±3,968)

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

1.8% ±0.4% (847  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,389
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.7% 30,515

6.1% ±0.8% (2,320  ±316) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,712 (±0.4% / ±1,054)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.7% 109,457 (±0.2% / ±2,616)
2,320 Total veterans ±316 2,225 Male ±305 95 Female ±54

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