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Huntington, WV

45,787 Population
16.2 square miles 2,823 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2

Economics

$32,226 ±$1,667 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $33,619 ±$723
  • a little less than the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
$45,100 ±$3,555 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $60,078 ±$1,323
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691

25.7% ±2.4% (10,911  ±999) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 16.6% 59,998 (±0.6% / ±2,273)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)

19 minutes ±1.1 (343,385  ±25,029) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 24.3 3,440,910 (±0.5 / ±83,443)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)

Families

19,753 ±473 Number of households
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 152,165 ±1,127
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
2.1 ±0.1 (42,173  ±88) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 2.4 361,729 (±0 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398

2.1% ±0.7% (266  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,932 (±0.5% / ±432)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)

Housing

23,878 ±496 Number of housing units
  • the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 173,725 ±132
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394

$127,200 ±$10,297 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: $154,700 ±$2,991
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346

19.9% ±1.8% (9,047  ±833.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 10.5% 38,694 (±0.5% / ±1,932)
  • nearly double the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)

Social

89.4% ±3.4% (25,643  ±1,074.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 89.7% 232,718 (±1.4% / ±3,599)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
35.3% ±2.4% (10,120  ±705.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 23.5% 60,881 (±0.7% / ±1,782)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)

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

1.9% ±0.4% (858  ±203) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 1.2% 4,610
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329

6.5% ±0.9% (2,440  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metro Area: 7.4% 21,634 (±0.3% / ±975)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
2,440 Total veterans ±325 2,376 Male ±326 64 Female ±48

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