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Mason, WV

787 Population
0.6 square miles 1,349.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mason County: 44.2 ±0.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,512 ±$7,604 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Mason County: $29,428 ±$2,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,893 ±$11,258 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mason County: $49,761 † ±$5,083
  • about three-quarters of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.9% ±8.7% (172  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mason County: 19.4% † 4,742 (±4.1% / ±1,004)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±19.7 (4,700  ±3,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mason County: 27.5 237,365 (±1.9 / ±22,902)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

383 ±96 Number of households
  • Mason County: 10,211 ±378
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (787  ±230) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mason County: 2.4 24,442 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±8.8% (6  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Mason County: 10.7% † 574 (±3% / ±164)
  • a little higher than the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

455 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Mason County: 12,179 ±44
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,400 ±$14,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mason County: $120,300 ±$8,369
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Virginia: $162,600 ±$1,346
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±6.7% (40  ±53.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mason County: 7.2% † 1,768 (±1.9% / ±470.6)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.7% ±30.8% (533  ±131) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mason County: 87.2% 15,902 (±5.2% / ±951.5)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.2% ±7.4% (74  ±48.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mason County: 16.3% † 2,970 (±2.7% / ±482.9)
  • about half the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.6% ±0.9% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Mason County: 0.3% 62
  • about one-third of the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±5.4% (51  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Mason County: 7.3% † 1,455 (±1.3% / ±260)
  • about the same as the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±39 51 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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